My Minnesota

Last Spring, about the time our pear tree was in bloom, I finally stumbled onto a local source of serviceberry bushes, of a species noted fo...

It’s time for the weekly report on our community supported agriculture [CSA] share. Here’s what was in our box this morning: Broccoli Raab S...

It started yesterday afternoon with a doe munching the lower branches of the elderberry bush in the back yard’s “wet spot.” She then proceed...

In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I want to share a resource I recently discovered. NYU, a few years back, chose Robin Wall Kimmere...

It is the season of drowning bees, when many wasps and hornets and bees gather at the sugar water feeders. Some get greedy and force their w...

Today’s weather, so far, on top of last night’s rain showers, is a treat. Blue skies, breeze, warm not hot. sunshine... maybe thunderstorms ...

Some of the trees in our neighborhood have almost completely changed color. In anticipation of Autumn Equinox? Due to drought stress? We may...

The other day I mentioned the abundance of mushrooms that have recently erupted in our woods. The Better Half and I haven’t yet collaborated...

We have one swamp milkweed in bloom. I just noticed it today while doing some chores. It’s just a few feet away from several clusters of eld...

This is often a hungry time of year for many wild creatures in the North Country. It’s also the time of year when the root cellar can be mos...

Within the next couple of weeks, I expect maple and oak leaves to begin showing color. Staghorn sumac began a couple of weeks ago. The three...

Yesterday, early, I drove past a hen turkey and her clutch of poults. They were working their way through the roadside weeds and grasses and...

I think the vetch  growing in our fields is hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa ). It's coming into bloom, as are more and more of the large be...

It's bread baking day, to go with the cassoulet we're having for dinner. I don't remember ever having cassoulet before. There...

If not this week, the syruping season will be upon us soon. Those who inhabited this land before us continue to have rights to harvest maple...