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Cold Moist Stratification Basics

by beewisefarm | March 9, 2021 | Native Ecology, Native Plants | 0 Comments

It’s time to stratify native plant species that require cold-moist conditions. Our preferred method is based on original guidance from our friend Ann Casper.

Getting Started with Native Plants

by beewisefarm | February 15, 2021 | Insects, Native Ecology, Native Plants, Place, Pollinators | 0 Comments

Co-written by Sarah @littlelovelywhatnots and Dan Barron A lighting bug rests under the flower of Anemone virginiana (Tall Thimbleweed). | Photo by Sarah Barron No matter your garden, or gardening experience, planting native species can be aesthetically pleasing while...

Andropogon

by beewisefarm | December 22, 2017 | Awareness, Consumerism, Native Ecology, Peace, Place | 0 Comments

This Big Blue, Turkey Foot, Andropogon, erupted from sleeping grave, an emergence from the dead, extinct as a union soldier among the toppled limestone graves, a city park, a scarcely populated relic of the past, steep hill, gnarled Oaks, toppled fence and prairie...

Unexpected Guests

by beewisefarm | November 23, 2015 | Awareness, Insects, Native Ecology | 0 Comments

When packing up for a short paddling trip in mid-September I noticed a monarch chrysalis on the side of my canoe. I carefully removed it and using masking tape attached it to a wire suspended from my house. Weeks...

Open for Business

by beewisefarm | October 1, 2015 | Climate, Place, Pollution | 0 Comments

Killdeer

by beewisefarm | April 7, 2015 | Awareness, Native Ecology, Place | 0 Comments

Vivid warmth in the ridge winds today's distant problems keep a brisk pace while Killdeer run ahead giving away their secrets

Anemone

by beewisefarm | April 7, 2015 | Climate, Native Ecology, Place, Pollinators | 0 Comments

When spring winds blow and the frost evaporates into sunlite the Pasque Flowers make a push the annual awakening for a most hopeful appearance despite the deserts adjacent and the tanks of chemicals property of the new paradigm...

Puncture Cloud

by beewisefarm | November 7, 2014 | Place | 0 Comments

On Sundays I like to walk around new places, take it in, just to get the smell right, or to find new shadows. The crisp autumn makes my head feel light, sunlight makes me flush. Sunday, the day to notice things...

People’s Climate March, Midtown NYC 9/21

by beewisefarm | September 23, 2014 | Climate, Consumerism, Fracking, Place, Pollution | 0 Comments

The people gathered along coordinated routes, organized and grouped by devotion. Estimates exceeded, hoping to be noticed, a representation of 1:100 assumed. Now will we dust off our eyes to trim a few watts, a few degrees, a plastic cup or trip to the store?...

Soft Shoes

by beewisefarm | September 15, 2014 | Consumerism, Place, Pollution | 0 Comments

The left-behind, always on the fringe, but once recognized, lived again and again. Yes, the modern world is this bad. But an ability to see behind, beyond the scrim, a beautiful reckoning. -...

Cold Moist Stratification Basics

by beewisefarm | Mar 9, 2021 | Native Ecology, Native Plants

It’s time to stratify native plant species that require cold-moist conditions. Our preferred method is based on original guidance from our friend Ann Casper.