Tag Archives: prairie restoration

Spring with the Natives

Posted on May 24, 2020 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last night we watched the documentary film Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, which is available for streaming for a $5 donation to a food charity through Memorial Day. Oudolf is the landscape artist behind the High Line in … Continue reading →

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Prairie View

Posted on June 28, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This is the first week since treatment started March 1 that I have not left the farm. I still go up and down the stairs several times a day and venture out to my garden and back, but I think … Continue reading →

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Prairie Walk

Posted on June 10, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Sometimes you just have to let the prairie speak for itself. The lupine spreads every year, and the milkweed does, too. I saw my first Monarch butterfly from my window Sunday, and one today but couldn’t catch it with my … Continue reading →

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More Spring

Posted on April 19, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I went to Chicago for four days and this happened. I’m so sad I missed it– the fire to beat all fires, burning the wetlands. The green parts of the prairie were burned two weeks ago, and as you can … Continue reading →

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The Game Changer

Posted on October 24, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Is this the happiest man you’ve ever seen? This photo really shows what Steve is about. If I had worked for two days and was facing down two pallets of materials for a gigantic greenhouse, I would not look like … Continue reading →

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Mature Prairie: Fall

Posted on October 20, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

These are my colors. From 1978-82 when I was in high school, I made many of my own clothes, and these were the colors I gravitated to. They were called “earth tones.” My mother called them “brown.” Looking at the … Continue reading →

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Something New

Posted on October 8, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

There is a feeling of something new around here. I can’t quite explain it, but I’m just feeling like something new is happening. It’s a strange feeling for fall! It has a lot to do with the arrival of the … Continue reading →

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Mature Prairie: Life After Weeds

Posted on June 10, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It’s amazing what one week of gorgeous weather will do for a person and a landscape. Everything is good. I am glad I was born in June, because it is such a happy month. October is still my favorite month, … Continue reading →

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The Varied Prairie

Posted on August 13, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Every year the prairie is different. Last year it was glutted with black-eyed Susan (rudbeckia) and this year I have hardly seen any. The burn this spring has activated seeds of flowers we’ve never seen before. Among these, the most … Continue reading →

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The First Prairie Flower

Posted on June 12, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It’s always a great day when the lupine assert themselves in the greenery of the prairie. And it’s always a surprise. There in a field of flowers that still seem to just be getting started is a cluster of bright … Continue reading →

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