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Monthly Archives: May 2019
Old Fashioned Flowers
Back in the mid-twentieth century, Memorial Day was also known as Decoration Day. It wasn’t only military veterans who were remembered and whose graves were decorated with flowers. It was all of our family and friends who had died. It … Continue reading
A Promise of Good Harvest
A blustering wind has been blowing wet and cold for the past two days. In other years, this really messes up the fall harvest of wild plums because the delicate new blossoms get zapped. Not this year. The plum blossoms … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Life Science
Tagged plum jelly, plum thickets, spring, wild plums
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Healthy Soil
This bright yellow ATV was unloaded from the pickup and used to collect soil samples in our west quarter several weeks ago. We don’t have the results back yet, but the 2½ acre grid is the same as that … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Science, Life Science
Tagged cattle, regenerative agriculture, soil health, soil tests
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Prairie Violets from the Creek
For six generations the kids in my family have looked for adventures along Kanaranzi Creek. We’ve got piles of bones from both buffalo and cattle. We’ve got coffee cans full of good luck rocks that have holes in them. … Continue reading
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