Tag Archives: prairie flowers

Spring with the Natives

Posted on May 24, 2020 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last night we watched the documentary film Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, which is available for streaming for a $5 donation to a food charity through Memorial Day. Oudolf is the landscape artist behind the High Line in … Continue reading →

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Wild White Indigo

Posted on June 18, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

  Thinking about blog post topics a few days ago (before this strange flurry of activity!) I thought: chickens, recipe/garden, beauty. I’ve been walking around in beauty with a poem line in my head for it seems like three weeks: … Continue reading →

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Thriving Prairie

Posted on August 10, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This is a twofer blog day… Because even as my vegetable garden has struggled, with no effort at all the prairie has been thriving. Variety, beauty, all sorts of goodness. We’re moving into goldenrod season now, so I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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Prairie Road

Posted on July 26, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Today marks eight years since I moved to the farm– my wedding day to Steve and the beautiful, dare I say perfect, reception we had in front of my sister- and brother-in-law’s house. Back then, there was corn on 17 … Continue reading →

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Prairie View

Posted on June 28, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This is the first week since treatment started March 1 that I have not left the farm. I still go up and down the stairs several times a day and venture out to my garden and back, but I think … Continue reading →

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Here Today, the Prairie Edition

Posted on June 22, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This time of year, when the days are their longest and we’re getting both intense sun and rain, I wonder what my big hurry was earlier in the spring. Things happen overnight this time of year. The beets plump, the radishes … Continue reading →

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Prairie Walk

Posted on June 10, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Sometimes you just have to let the prairie speak for itself. The lupine spreads every year, and the milkweed does, too. I saw my first Monarch butterfly from my window Sunday, and one today but couldn’t catch it with my … Continue reading →

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Mature Prairie, part 2

Posted on July 26, 2014 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Six years ago today, Steve and I got married and I moved onto this prairie. At that time, the main prairie behind our house was about five years old. Other pieces of land were being killed, and a few plots were … Continue reading →

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The Varied Prairie

Posted on August 13, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Every year the prairie is different. Last year it was glutted with black-eyed Susan (rudbeckia) and this year I have hardly seen any. The burn this spring has activated seeds of flowers we’ve never seen before. Among these, the most … Continue reading →

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The First Prairie Flower

Posted on June 12, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It’s always a great day when the lupine assert themselves in the greenery of the prairie. And it’s always a surprise. There in a field of flowers that still seem to just be getting started is a cluster of bright … Continue reading →

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