My Minnesota

 Leaf buds are burst. Leaf out has begun. The creeping Charlie in front of the house  has pretty little blue flowers. The lily of the valley...

I haven’t yet had my fill of watermelon or ripe peaches. I have reached my limit on humidity, temperatures of more than 89℉, drought, and cl...

Common milkweed is beginning to bloom. Black-eyed Susans have started to flower. Butterfly weed has erupted across one local hillside field....

Most of southern Minnesota is under an air quality alert for ozone this afternoon and evening. Since I’m a diligent environmentalist, I’lll ...

The year now ending included elections. Many politicians, or the political party to which they belong, like to ask US “Are you better off no...

July certainly has been an interesting month this year: record-setting heat waves, wide-spread drought, smoke-filled skies from hundreds of ...

So, yesterday's good news is that I had enough sense to begin wearing a COVID-19 face mask while outside for any period of time in the s...

It's fitting that this Earth Day the technician is coming to check our air conditioning and make sure it's efficient. It's also ...

I'm all for adapting to the effects of the climate we've broken and for doing whatever we can to minimize the amount of green house ...

According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture , only 1% of the farms in Minnesota farm organically and only 5% sell directly to consumers. Bet...

This morning's Star Tribune has two pieces that, it seems to us, clearly frame Minnesota's future, sort of the way last November 8 f...

It's less than two months until astronomical Spring (vernal equinox) and only a little more than five weeks until meteorological Spring....

By the looks of the low spot behind the house, we might have experienced a micro-climate frost this morning. I can see sun shining less th...