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
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