nature
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Driftless Thursday: A Not-So-Pretty Part of Fall
We moved into our home in the Driftless area of Wisconsin in the middle of September 2020. There were several initial challenges but none was as unexpected as when the Asian lady beetles starting trying to overwinter a month later.… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Yet More About Doofus (the Deer)
My husband and I were out on Sunday, giving our two cats some supervised play. He takes our girl, the Mighty Jenga, as she likes to roam and he’s got the touch on keeping her in check. I don’t know… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: First Signs of Fall
The cottonwoods out back have started to drop their leaves into the lava rock garden, and the tips of the little bluestem grass are just starting to turn purple: My pumpkins, which I pollinated myself and have watched over all… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Doofus 3.0
“Doofus” is the name my husband and I gave the first deer who figured out our house is a great place to pick up a snack meant for birds and became a regular patron. Doofus 1.0 was brazen about it:… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Critters with No Boundaries
I’ve written in the past about critters that come right up to the house: Last week we had a visit from a juvenile groundhog. I like to think it was the kid of the groundhog we saw earlier this year.… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Just Saying Hello
I’m hyper-focused on final edits for Tangled Roots and exploring a shift in reveals to tell the best story. So, today’s DR post is an especially chill buck, just saying hello: I took this yesterday, out the living room window,… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: A Primitive Camping Story
It suddenly occurred to me this week that prior to moving to the Driftless area of Wisconsin in 2020, my husband and I had actually visited a decade earlier. In 2010, we had the idea that we wanted to try… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Baby Pictures
Today’s DT post is a short photo album of June baby pictures. Enjoy! And there are more babies to come. Phoebe 2.0 (here is 1.0) is nesting over the bathroom window… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Deer (and Critter) Resistant Perennials
When it comes to landscape gardening, I’m all about perennials. They are the ultimate of “work smarter, not harder” in gardening. Here’s my shortlist of recommendations for deer and critter-resistant perennials that also stand up to an amateur gardener. Trust… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: The bird bath became a deer bucket
Late in the spring I saw a video online that gave me an idea for a new garden feature. I made a simple planter with a center solar fountain, thinking hummingbirds might fly through it and other birds might enjoy… Continue reading
