This week we're in Albuquerque, we're hanging with my mom, and we're learning about bug deterrence, garden hose-style. The rosemary's babies are just as much of an issue as you heard they would be. Plus: local cuisine!

(alternate episode title: "It puts the lotion on its exoskeleton, or else it gets the hose again.")

Want to see pics from the garden? Instagram: @freshclippings

Show art by Alison McKenzie

Production and sound guidance from Evan Roberts and Jeremy Bloom

Episode music from Blue Dot Sessions:

Our Son the Potter (Love and Weasel)

Bossa Boa (High Horse)

Pili Piper (Pglet)