Blonedeau Recognized
Alex Blondeau, owner of Windflower Natives, has been nominated for Upstream Minnesota’s Unsung Caretaker Award for his dedication to nurturing threatened native prairie plants, vital for biodiversity and pollinators.
Spirit of the West
I am a kid again… Last year I came upon some dried seed pods. They were clearly a kind of gentian. You could tell by the shape of the capsules and the little curly parts at the top. Yet they were not any gentian that I was familiar with.
A Happy day made happier
I was out hunting yesterday. I have very few locations to gather prairie smoke, so it was with a certain amount of anxiety that I set out to check my spots. It turned out to be a happy day!
Bringing back the rare beauties
Ecological restoration work on our remaining grassland habitat is hard. From contending with aggressive invasive species, to the loss…
A Christmas Reflection from the Feral Theologian
It may seem obvious that the message of Christmas has relatively little to do with native prairie plants. On…
This Can’t Be Real: Finding A Wood Lily
I had begun to gain a bit of a reputation among the locals. At the time I was working…
Spring’s Arrival on the Prairie
It’s early May and spring is finally making an appearance! Many things that typically occur in April are only…
Surprise: Awakening to Native Prairie
This piece first appeared in Minnesota Prairie Landowner Network summer 2023 newsletter. It was a gray afternoon in April…