My Minnesota

Where we live, it looks very much like a mast year for acorns. The bur oak has been dropping nuts for a couple of weeks and the other oaks a...

There’s quite a few bur oak acorns on the ground under the tree at the end of our drive. So far there’s not much sign that anyone’s been fee...

Yesterday I think I caught a glimpse of at least some pears in our pear tree. If so, there should be a few whitetail deer seeking some freeb...

More and more acorns are dropping from the bur oaks, and being joined on the ground by ripened fruits and berries. Signs of impending autumn...

A barred owl (the barred owl?) is on the same branch occupied several days ago by either the same bird or a different one that looks very mu...

On our first full day of Spring, the midday snow showers were mercifully brief and light. Melting commenced by midafternoon. I’m hoping by t...

Sunrise in our area is clearly returning toward the north. Around Christmas it rose far enough south that it didn’t get in my eyes when I wa...

It’s the official start of our transition from summer to autumn. Today is the first day of meteorological autumn, but you already knew that,...

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...

Harry the beagle, the Better Half’s new rescue dog, is settling in nicely. There’s still a few adjustments that are needed but the situation...

Yesterday’s post mentioned that it had been a long time since we’d seen a cardinal at the feeder. Today a cardinal arrived and perched on th...

Our growing season is over. Today we pick up our final community supported agriculture [CSA] share. Samhain is ten days from now. Even the o...

We’ve reached a time of year when acorns are dropping from bur oak trees. They are among the more interesting looking acorns around. I’m dou...

Today's rain won't hurt, but it may not be enough to really help the plants very much. At least the temperature isn't in the 90...

In the thrall of our heat wave, I went summer crazy at our local [big box] grocery store and came home with watermelon and peaches that were...

The oak trees leaf buds are swollen and beginning to open. No sightings so far of ruby-throated hummingbirds or Baltimore orioles. Black-cap...

Oak leaves that have hung on all winter are being stripped from their branches today. The breeze is blowing at 25 mph and gusting up to 40+ ...

The other day we posted a complaint about our oak tree leaves that seem to fall from October through March into April. We were focused on th...