“The oldest task in human history is to live

on a piece of land without spoiling it.”

- Aldo Leopold

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Bird 4/30/24 Bird 4/30/24

105 ~ Spring update: of dark syrup, pale fowl, a perpetual garden and artists in a prairie

After the snows of early April (we had more snow here in April than in February), the world has finally, resolutely made its turn to spring…

Bird 3/29/24 Bird 3/29/24

104 ~ Special deliveries

I recently dove into ordering through the mail some chickens to re-establish my flock of laying hens…

Bird 2/18/24 Bird 2/18/24

The world is generous in all seasons, and even a rather dull winter like this holds nourishment for the body and soul…

Bird 1/23/24 Bird 1/23/24

I love winter. It is the haiku season - simple, concise, yet movingly beautiful…

Bird 12/30/23 Bird 12/30/23

I have a confession. This forager and wildlife conservationist is distinguished by having the worst sense of direction of anyone I have ever known…

Bird 11/24/23 Bird 11/24/23

I hope all of us between the big Ponds (and south of our Canadian neighbor’s border) had a fine, fine Thanksgiving yesterday…

Bird 11/15/23 Bird 11/15/23

Opening day of the Wisconsin gun deer season is this Saturday…

Bird 10/26/23 Bird 10/26/23

Our first Bird in the Bush raffle was both fun and quite successful…

Bird 10/14/23 Bird 10/14/23

As you know, dear readers, I keep our Bird in the Bush blog community free of ads…

Bird 10/4/23 Bird 10/4/23

Last July, Madison Magazine ran an invited essay I wrote, “Three Years Without Groceries”…

Bird 9/28/23 Bird 9/28/23

Happy Harvest “Supermoon” everyone. A nice thing about producing your own food is the opportunity to share it…

Bird 9/23/23 Bird 9/23/23

A great teacher is defined not just by what they know…