LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DRIFTLESS AREA THIS WINTER AT BMAP
Doug and I are so glad to be members of the Blue Mounds Area Project (BMAP). Fueled by the efforts of a part-time professional ecologist and a lot of […]
UW-MADISON AT THE PARIS CLIMATE TALKS
The Paris conference is very relevant to our lives right here in Wisconsin, and it could be one of the more significant agreements in history, and people from Wisconsin are there.
TAGGING MONARCHS AT GOOSE POND
It’s not too early to start thinking about joining the taggers next year to help the Monarchs keep flying.
LET’S SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABILITY WEEKEND AT FOLKLORE VILLAGE
“What Folklore Village is endeavoring to sustain is our environment, our foods and our cultural treasures. We feel like we are in touch with the local zeitgeist combining food, environment and art.”
USING OUR INSECT PALS TO BATTLE INSECT PESTS
Last Friday Doug and I got a ton of technical advice and hands-on experience about FARMING WITH BENEFICIAL INSECTS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CONTROL when we participated in the inaugural Xerces Society […]
FENCING VEGGIES IN AND VARMINTS OUT AT UNDERHILL
Blog Garden Fence In 2012 when the bulldozer was digging Underhill house into its’ hill we had several requests of our excavator, Bruce Lease. We wanted mindful and minimal sculpting […]
ASH TREES CONDEMNED BY EAB FIND NEW USE
Here is an article I wrote recently for Isthmus, Madison’s weekly newspaper. Many in Madison are sad to see the city cutting down thousands of ash trees as an invasive […]
SPRING BUDS OUT AT UNDERHILL HOUSE
I always carry a 10X hand lens in my pocket to appreciate the swelling buds of spring. It’s a great combo with my iPhone, which is also always in my pocket.
I always carry a 10X hand lens in my pocket to appreciate the swelling buds of spring. It’s a great combo with my iPhone, which is also always in my pocket.
SNOWY OWLS PHONE HOME
For the second year in a row, scores of snowy owls spent the winter in Wisconsin, delighting bird watchers. While those owls are now flying back to the Arctic, some are communicating their whereabouts to every cell tower they pass. One of those is a bird named Goose Pond, who was released near Madison as part of a national tracking effort called Project Snowstorm. – See more at: http://www.isthmus.com/news/news/high-tech-transmitters-snowy-owls/#sthash.hDHpk0zr.dpuf
JOIN THIS MOOC AND LEARN ABOUT CHANGING WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION
For anyone who lives on or near the Great Lakes, we are about to get a great opportunity to learn a lot more about our climate and weather. All you […]
Digging in the Driftless 