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From Scratch
One of the things I love about Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is that, even though her project is big, it inspired me to become a vegetable gardener. Somehow she breaks it down and makes it seem like an ordinary activity. Although … Continue reading
Sweet 2013
Just before Christmas we received a great gift. A pint of light yellow honey. It is one of 24 pints that were harvested from the bee colony that survived the summer on our farm. We were landlords, and it … Continue reading
Posted in garden, St. Joseph, the Farm
Tagged cooked, harvest, honey, Michael Pollan
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Birthplace of the Mississippi
This past week, Tuesday through Thursday, we went up to Itasca State Park, where we enjoyed Fall in all its glory. We lucked out on the weather, which was warm AND still, and we spent 5 hours on Wednesday making … Continue reading
Posted in Minnesota history
Tagged Henry Schoolcraft, Itasca fall colors, Itasca State Park, Lake Itasca, Michael Pollan, Minnesota fall colors, Mississippi, Mississippi headwaters, nature and culture, Wegman's Cabin, Wegmann's Cabin
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My Two Husbands
I finished reading Second Nature by Michael Pollan last night and I will miss it. In fact, I’ll probably keep it by my bed for late-night reading in the winter. It’s a tour de force of thinking about Americans and … Continue reading
Posted in garden, poetry, reviews, the Farm, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged American landscape, cultivation, Denise Levertov, gardening, Landscape, marriage, Michael Pollan, poetry, prairie, romanticism, Second Nature, wilderness
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Nature is Culture
The thesis of Michael Pollan’s Second Nature, it seems to me, is that Americans live in a constantly uneasy relationship between nature and culture. Their relationship to the land: from visions of true wilderness (which exists only in the imagination) … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged blueberries, cultivating, gardening, Michael Pollan, native plants, nature, raspberries, Thoreau, vegetable gardening, weeding, weeds, wilderness
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