Today I am posting two blogs. The reason? Tomorrow, I host the Poetry Friday Round Up! What does tomorrow have to do with today? It has to do with the Poetry Friday participants that are down under and other places a day a head of the United States across the globe. I’ll post for Poetry…
A few years ago we let a bordered garden bed in which we used to grow pumpkins and other vegetables go unplanted. I was learning about native plants and the importance of prairies, so I had an idea to let this garden be a mini-prairie patch in our yard. The space is 36 feet by…
Yesterday we did something exciting! We went to our land in the next town over to locate and measure a spot for a new pole building for my husband’s wood shop. He makes fine furniture. Building the shop will be the next step after our driveway is installed next month (hopefully). Our 14+ acre wooded…
During the late winter of 2019, my husband and I bought a parcel of land in the next town. It is a piece that has been in the same family since the early 1800’s. We were lucky to be able to purchase it, seeing something about the parcel from a friend before it was even…
After dinner, last night, my 25-year-old son and I decided to take a hike today. Ordinarily, he would not be home and available to do such a thing, but in times of COVID, one must improvise. I felt the hike would do us both some good and suggested the Prairie’s Edge Loop Trail at the…
Today, my son and I walked the trails at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge on Brice Prairie. It is a designated site of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It’s pollinator week and I’m participating in Miles for Monarchs, through Monarch Joint Venture, trying to get in 25 miles of walking…