Instant Gratification (Native plant seeds that don't require stratification)
If you are looking for some native plant almost instant gratification, we've got you covered! All the species on the list are germination...
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Laurie
Feb 75 min read
Winter Sowing STMO Style (Part 1)
Of the twelve of you who read this blog, all of you know that weather plays a vital role in our lives here at STMO as well as providing...
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Laurie
Jan 134 min read
Snug in the Snug
I’ve held a myriad of jobs in my life: manager of a haunted movie theater, bartender, investigative reporter/photographer/editor of a...
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Laurie
Dec 21, 20233 min read
Oyster Leaf in My Life
Few people know this about me, but one of my favorite ways to spend a cold winter evening is reading seed catalogs and recipe books and...
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Laurie
Oct 22, 20232 min read
Barefoot in October
It is a fantastically gorgeous October day here in Wisconsin. (As if the word "gorgeous" wasn't enough...) Nearly 60 degrees and every...
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Laurie
Oct 15, 20232 min read
Tea at Two for One
BC and I will quite often take an afternoon tea break as a breather in our busy summer days. Today he is 300 miles away, driving with a...
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Laurie
Oct 1, 20232 min read
Welcome, October. Or Not.
It's 90 degrees on this October 1st and the shadows are long and low across the orchard, even at early afternoon. There is a weirdness...
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Laurie
Aug 17, 20233 min read
A Cadence of Cicadas or Nature is the Music
I'm sitting out on the deck tonight, being serenaded by cicadas and tree frogs. Their summer song echoes, quite literally, through the...
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Laurie
Jul 28, 20234 min read
You Can Never Have Too Much Pretty
Part of our permaculture adventure is replacing a large majority of our three acres of turf grass with native gardens. That adventure...
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Laurie
Jul 16, 20234 min read
Nature Always Wins, But I am a Very Bad Loser
This is one blog post that probably no one other than me will ever read. And that’s ok. I’m hoping it will be cathartic; maybe lead to an...
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Laurie
Jul 11, 20233 min read
Today is Enough or Let the Magic In
It's been a rough week here at Something to Mulch Over. Plenty of somethings I wanted to mulch over to be exact. Nothing major, just a...
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