A beautiful weekend – the leaf colors are brilliant this year. All the maples in the woods show up against the darker colors of the oaks. Continue reading
Category Archives: Journal
Journal September 26, 2004
The hummingbirds have finally left, the white-throated sparrows are back and we saw wonderful, colorful spider. Continue reading
Journal September 20, 2004
It’s been a warm, windy weekend with lots of deer and turkeys in the fields. Continue reading
Tips from the North American Prairie conference – September 17, 2004
I’ve been trying to digest all the things I heard at the prairie conference, and I’ve decided I should write some of them down so they could possibly be useful. Continue reading
A new plant for Wisconsin – September 16, 2004
While hunting for seeds, I found a cool new plant – not at the farm – along the roadside in Pierce County. Continue reading
Journal September 12, 2004
A weekend of seed collecting and lots of night creatures.
Cecropia cocoons ready for the winter – september 7, 2004
All the cecropia caterpillars have made their cocoons now – the last one finished on Saturday. Continue reading
Bats and Mowed Prairies – August 27, 2004
Just before dawn we heard what sounded like claws scrabbling on the siding outside our bedroom. Continue reading
Cecropia cocoons – August 24, 2004
The cocoon got much more opaque after the first day.
Now I can’t see the caterpillar at all, and the cocoon has turned brown. Continue reading
The cecropias’ first cocoon – August 20, 2004
Yesterday the largest of the caterpillars started wandering around the cage. I suspected it was ready to find a place to make its cocoon, so I put some bare sticks around the edges of the cage – but it decided it liked the bars of the cage better. Continue reading