My Minnesota

Today is day fourteen of the 10 to 14 day germination period listed for the bergamot seeds we planted in two seed trays. There are minuscule...

We’re fortunate to live somewhere that has a few out of the way fields that are either regenerating prairie or the owners have worked to res...

While poking through the photo archives, seeking inspiration and/or distraction, I was reminded that it's time to go check our nearby pa...

I checked in my copy of the Minnesota Weatherguide Engagement Calendar this morning. Sunrise is now about forty-five minutes later than it w...

The driveway is covered with male pine cones  and more dead branches, each an indicator that my complaints about windy weather have been wel...

I am excited, delighted, and thrilled to be published in such company as Gary Paul Nabhan. One of his books sits on our shelves. I  thank th...

We're reporting on two very different kinds of "prairie smoke". One is filling much of Minnesota's skies with smoke from f...

Minneapolis and St. Paul get an average of 42% sunshine in December. Duluth gets a little less, 39%. We're between the Twin Cities and D...

In various locations and mixtures on our property we have both big and little bluestem grasses. Little bluestem predominates. We also have a...

Tuesdays in the Tallgrass [see sidebar] has a wonderful posting today, titled  The Perils of Reading About Prairie . It's a valuable re...

On the way home from this morning's dental appointment, and mid-day while walking dogs, this insight occurred to me: August is, literall...

Earlier today I translocated chipmunk number 2016-8. We're halfway to 2014's total of 16. Last year there were fewer than that. We...

For the past several Springs, I have unsuccessfully searched for American Pasqueflowers ( Anemone patens ) in bloom. They are listed as b...

The house Home is redolent with the aroma of Christmas cookies, evoking the spirits of Christmas past and those to be. It's possible ...

The field behind the house is nowhere near as pretty as it was a month or two ago. The purple and yellow and white flowers have gone to se...

Yesterday, early morning, we had clear skies, a waning crescent moon and a bright, shiny Venus right next to it just before sunrise. What ...

Yesterday, the Daughter Person helped her Fiancee (who did most of the work) put together, paint and install our own Little Free Library ....