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Stickwork Burn
To call Patrick Dougherty’s Stickwork at Saint John’s University Arboretum “ephemeral” just doesn’t seem right. The large structure at the entrance to campus has stood for more than three years, sagging, yes, aging until the title “Lean on Me” fit it … Continue reading
Posted in art, prairie, the Farm
Tagged burn, ephemeral sculpture, Lean on Me, Patrick Dougherty, prairie burn, Saint John's University, stick sculpture, Stickwork
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Epic (Fail) Crane Adventure
I know better. I really do. I have been led astray on many an epic nature adventure. There was the “whale watching spot” in Northern California at the height of the season where we saw exactly zero whales. Then there … Continue reading
El Nino
Steve’s business is so busy now that he could work right up until the ground freezes. So for several months the talisman word has been “El Nino.” “It’s going to be an El Nino year.” “It’s going to be a … Continue reading
Posted in garden, prairie, the Farm
Tagged El Nino, gardening, greenhouse, greenhouse construction, homestead, prairie, sand point well
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Wind/Prairie
Usually in October, when the shadows are long and the sunlight at its absolute best, I can convince Steve to take a day off and go on a little overnight trip. This year, we planned late, and I could find … Continue reading
Posted in Minnesota history, prairie
Tagged cord grass, coteau des prairies, granite, Luverne, Minnesota, Minnesota grasslands, pipestone, prairie, tall grass prairie, touch the sky prairie, wind farms
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Winter Squash
The only actual “fail” in this year’s garden has been the winter squash. And yes, it has been an epic fail. I mean, sure, the rabbit ate the chard and celery, and we only got two eggplant (but look at … Continue reading
Posted in garden, prairie
Tagged blazing star, La Ratte potatoes, monarch butterflies, organic gardening, organic vegetable gardening, squash
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Ten Years in Minnesota
As the students have been returning to the colleges here, I’ve been very aware that it was exactly ten years ago that I arrived in this place. I had come for an academic year at the Collegeville Institute, following the … Continue reading
Seventeen Acres
In addition to a garden going like gangbusters, we’ve had another gorgeous unfolding to view this summer. Out on the edge of our property is a new 17-acre prairie. This prairie has been rented and planted in corn by a … Continue reading
Prairie Chickens, Garden Chickens
The chickens got good and bonded to their pen and coop before I started leaving the door open for them during the day. The hope was that they would not wander over to the other two homes and yards on … Continue reading
Posted in garden, prairie, recipe, the Farm
Tagged backyard chickens, organic vegetable gardening, vegetable garden
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Weeds and the New Machine
I was complaining about weeds on Facebook yesterday and getting lots of sympathy. It doesn’t bother me to weed if I am able to be systematic about it. If you just go out and attack the weeds all the time, … Continue reading
Posted in garden, prairie
Tagged homesteading, organic gardening, weeding organic beds, weeds
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