

Bubo virginianus
Sunday marked a special day for us here at Dharma's Garden! Above the cottonwood trees, near the apple orchard, "ho-ho-hoo hoo hoo.' Then across the street, another, lower hooting sound. Back and forth these Great Horned Owl pair called, and we realized the female had taken to the nest. Back in December of 2018, Farmer Tim and Mason built an owl house with Scott Rashid, a local predatory bird export with the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute. The tree was


The quickening
February 2nd marked the midpoint between winter solstice and spring equinox, a holy day known as Candlemas, or Imbolc, and in many traditions is considered the beginning of spring. Strangely, in Boulder it was nearly 70 degrees and we spent the morning sowing seeds. These photos don't really speak to the felt sense of the heat and dryness on the land, and how strange it felt to have workable soil in early February. Maybe everything is changing, what we once knew to be reliabl


Saving Dharma's Garden: Why I Care
I met Tim and Kerry in 2014 when they took dance lessons from me in preparation for their wedding. They invited me to a pre-wedding celebration gathering they were having with friends, and I went. I’ve worked with hundreds of couples, and there are always a few each year I click with. Many have said, “lets get together!”. Tim and Kerry are the ONLY ones who actually invited me to anything, and with whom a lasting friendship has grown. One in a hundred - or two in hundreds - t