Gardening on the Road

Another day in Truth or Consequences, another soak. There's really nothing else to do and honestly, there's nothing else I really want to be doing. Hot soak, read, cook, potty training, music, walk around, read, write, feed the kid, read, write, eat, study the map, sleep under the stars, repeat. Please feel bad for me. 

I've met a lot of "full-timers" throughout my years of travel. Most of them are retired old-timers, but some of them are our age, and inevitably the words of Cake cross my mind: How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle? Most of them blog for a living, or write about art or quilting or sports or do IT work. Some of them, like us, have a rental property they live on. Some have kids and retired early from big boy/girl jobs and have hit the road to live a life of simplicity. We all have different stories, but there's always the one thing in common: the need to be free. Skeets once told me when we met that freedom means being able to do whatever you want, but the only catch is, you have to do the right thing. I don't always know what I'm doing when I take to the road, but I do know that inevitably, it will restore and enable me to return to the work of healing the land and inspiring the people to follow suit. Lest we be destroyed. 

Mr. Greedy taking over Saguaro's new bed. Trying to keep The Unruly undogified is a daily battle. 

On to gardening. Those of you who know me won't be surprised that my hobby has followed me on the road. It's an important practice for me to tend plants. It not only gives me a sense of purpose but it keeps me connected to magic of nature wheverever we land. We brought one little basil plant with us from our hundreds of starts from our urban farm at Renewable Republic back home and it's proven almost harder to keep this one little bugger alive than all of the thousands we have onsite back home. But we give it sun and water and we've collected a few more: a strawberry, parsley and mint- Phoenix's favorite. All of the indoor plants are doing well and it's a blessing to have them taking this journey with us. Plants are so unassuming, so seemingly casual... but they'll outlive us all. 

Phoenix tending our little mobile garden.