The Liberty Dell (formerly known as Liberty Hillside, and before that known as Heavy Duty Acres) is a 4-acre property in driftless Wisconsin. It is primarily a wooded hillside on a south-facing slope, with the base nestled down in the hollow. When we took responsibility for the property in 2001, everything that wasn't woods was mowed lawn. We quickly began to see the property as a canvas.

Pink Moon 2011 update

Since the last entry here under the Hunter Moon of 2010, there have been three key events worth noting in the Liberty Dell, not the least of which was getting the roof of the guinea coop scrap-tinned with the help of my friend, Will Benson, who asked that I please not tell anyone that he had any part of building this structure.

Around that same time, under the Beaver Moon, with the help of my wife and partner in prairie restoration, the prairie planting below the coop, thick with invasive goldenrod, seeds for favorable prairie plants were broadcast in hopes of restoring the native ecosystem in the years ahead.

And just recently, under the waxing Pink Moon of 2011, I single-handedly performed a fairly thorough burning of almost all of the prairie plantings on the property.

Finally, it bears noting, that upon inspecting the woodland edge to be sure the fire was extinguished before leaving for lunch, I found a half dozen blossoms I have never noticed here before.

These pretty white blossoms have been identified as Bloodroot, and I doubt these are the result of any seeds I have sown, so I'm going to just look at them as reminders that when we slow down and pay attention, we will see little lights that will never go out.

Archive

HUNTER MOON 2010 2010's Greatest Hits

BUCK MOON 2010 Intro to Lyme Disease

CORN MOON 2009 A Pretty Good Summer

PINK MOON 2009 Holy Thursday

BEAVER MOON 2008 Prairie by Plugs

HARVEST MOON 2008 Early Summer Growth

STRAWBERRY MOON 2008 An intro to Heavy Duty Acres