Category: Green Space & The River
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Growing Your Sustainable Lawn
GARDEN VIEWSBy Kent PettersonA reader named Paul sent me a question about the grass on his boulevard—or should I say lack of it. As he…
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Snakes
BEING WELLErin Brandel Dykhuizen, MA, MSW, LICSWcolumnist There are snakes inside my walls! I wake up some mornings with the thought, wishing it was merely…
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Way, way up in the sky
Birds in ParticularHALLE O’[email protected] I was driving home from Ely, MN and stopped in the town of Virginia at the food co-op. It resides in…
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Early March arrivals, late March awakenings
Birds in Particular by Halle O’Falvey I am so happy for the month of March to begin, even though predictions are snowy and cold, then mild…
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We’re almost there
GARDEN VIEWSby Kent Petterson, columnist Hey, vegetable gardening friends—we’re almost there to spring planting time! It may not look like it today, but in a couple…
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New programs at Split Rock Lighthouse
The National Historic Landmark on Lake Superior, located 20 miles northeast of Two Harbors, has added a photography exhibit that rotates monthly called “Photography at the Rock.”…
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The Bold North
In the darkest and coldest months of the year, West Enders and other St. Paulites find a multitude of ways to enjoy the nature our neighborhood has…
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The Mixed Precipitation We Call Winter
Birds in ParticularHalle O’[email protected] COVID fatigue and politics—as well as Basal cell carcinoma—have been kicking my butt this winter. Even still, I have a wee bit…
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Ducks, Swans and Snow Sculptures
Halle O’Falvey [email protected] The waters of the lakes and rivers are open in many places yet. Lake Phalen, in St. Paul, is one, as is…
