Category Archives: the Farm

Weeds

Posted on July 18, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I have to admit that the constant work of transforming our landscape from grass to prairie and from prairie to more prairie is still completely overwhelming to me. Not that I’m doing it, but to have the landscape constantly being … Continue reading →

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Swimming Hole

Posted on July 4, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

The major improvement to our property this summer has been the addition of a proper swimming hole. On the farm we have three ponds. There’s the small one behind our house that I’m using to water my garden. The water … Continue reading →

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Small Town Crime Scene

Posted on July 1, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

There’s nothing like a hovering helicopter to give one a sense of menace. There have been two hovering three blocks away, and doing slow circles over our house and farm, for two days now. When I lived in Long Beach, … Continue reading →

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watering system

Posted on June 5, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

My favorite thing about my garden is the watering system. Steve set it up for me and so far it works beautifully. Our farm is right on top of the water table, and we have three ponds in addition to … Continue reading →

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Oh Hummingbird! Oh Finch!

Posted on May 31, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve been working on a poem, and though it’s by no means finished, I thought I’d post it– this being Walt Whitman’s birthday after all. It is about the hummingbird that suddenly appeared when I hung this exotic basket outside … Continue reading →

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Turtles on a log and other people’s gardens

Posted on May 24, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

First, a photo. Last weekend and this past one, the turtles have really gotten into the sunning action. There is a log on our small pond and I see it walking back and forth from the garden. Here is the … Continue reading →

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Log Home

Posted on May 8, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last Sunday was a blustery, grey, not-very-Spring day in Minnesota. Steve and I went for a drive, meandering up to see the log cabin that Paul built on the property last year and moved up to his parents’ lake property … Continue reading →

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tick and rhubarb

Posted on April 21, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This morning the first tick.Lodged in the arch of my foot. This evening, first rhubarb.Thick, fragrant stems and elephant leaves.

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Easter 2010

Posted on April 5, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I made a little video of the house set up for Easter before eveyone arrived. I meant to take another one from the same place with everyone eating, but I forgot! It always surprises me we can get 26 people … Continue reading →

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Sand Hill Cranes

Posted on March 27, 2010 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It’s Saturday, and time to stalk more birds in the throes of mating out here on the farm. This morning, I gasped to look out the kitchen window and see two sand hill cranes by the oak tree– where the eagle … Continue reading →

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