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August Greetings, I am very excited to share with you that The Green Kingdom, which I co-authored with Cornelia Funke, has been chosen for the Wainwright Prize Children’s Fiction Shortlist 2026. This prize is noteworthy because it has a focus on nature and being good caretakers for the Earth, something I feel [ ]
End of July Greetings, July came in hot and dry and it will end even more hot and almost as dry here. Last Friday we had a good rain that brought us 1.5 of rain and earlier last week we had an additional 4/10 of rain, but so far this week we have only gotten [ ]
Greetings Everyone, I m so excited to share with you that The Green Kingdom, which I co-authored with Cornelia Funke, has been included on the Longlist for consideration of the Wainwright Prize 2026! I m so honored!! Here is the information from their website about the specifics, as they say it much better than I could. Here [ ]
Hello Friends, Not too much has really changed since the last time I wrote. Chris continues to haul water to our farm so that we can try to keep things alive. Above is a picture I took this past week of Fourmile Creek, which is the creek that our irrigation and municipal water comes from. [ ]
Afternoon Greetings, If you visited us for our Farm Stand Plant Sale this past spring, you probably saw the 3 wonderful and magical fairy gardens that were part of our annual Food Bank Raffle Project. Every year the greenhouse crew plants fairy gardens, which we sell $1.00 raffle tickets for. The money we raise is [ ]
July Greetings! The past two weeks have stayed busy after the Farm Stand Nursery closed for the season, but we ve also had room for some fun in the mix. The last two weeks of Farm Stand, if you remember, we were dealing with a small tornado that took off the roof of the Farm [ ]
Summer Solstice Greetings, Tomorrow will be the longest day of the year as the Summer Solstice arrives. With the Solstice comes so much hope for Monsoon moisture, rest, garden tidying, and trying to put our daily lives back towards a pace that is more sane. The last 3 weeks have been stressful and overly full. [ ]
Greetings Friends, Thank you so much for all the support you gave to us this spring during our Farm Stand Plant Sale and Open Farm Days! The Farm is now closed to the public. Your support provides the smiles and love we need to take good care of this Small Family Farm. It also supplies [ ]
June Greetings! This weekend, June 13th 14th, are our last Open Days for this season for our Farm Stand store and the last free classes of the season too. On Saturday, James will be giving a workshop on Building a Simple Birdfeeder. Everyone is welcome to come to this class and see how to [ ]
Greetings Everyone! We have two weekends and one week of weekdays left of our Farm Stand Plant Sale Open Farm Days. Since we are getting close to this weekend, I thought I d tell you about our next round of our free classes here at Desert Canyon Farm. On Saturday, Tammi will be giving a demonstration [ ]