When trying to promote native plants, including wildflowers, native trees, shrubs, and more, one of the first steps is to get rid of non-native, invasive plants. Why? The privets, nandinia, amur honeysuckle, Cherokee rose, and other invasive plants often lead to mono-cultures, lack of bio-diversity, AND they crowd out — and even actively prevent —…
Ecolodges are, as Forbes Magazine says, “having a moment”. As I excitedly read about this new travel trend, I wondered if our Nature refuge at Spirit Tree Farms could qualify as an ecolodge. To be honest, I think the answer is, sadly, no. But maybe that’s a non-sequitor, macht’s nichts, question. Even with our environmental…
Lessons learned from Nature by sitting in a pawpaw patch and partnering with God, Jesus Christ, and Nature to become Earth’s partners.
Spending weekends and summers at Lake #Winneconne, WI at my Grandma’s cottage was idyllic. We would often go on walks out in nature. It was during one of those sauntering evenings of nature observation that she taught me to “always take a moment to look back where you’ve been; enjoy the view!” The other day,…
This morning, driving down the long dirt road that leads to Spirit Tree Farms, the thought came: “What is our mission? What are Marnie and Dave Kuhns to do on the Earth?” Almost immediately, the answer came:“Use Nature observation, creativity, and partnering with the Earth to help people observe and feel joy, peace, and love….
Add an unusual perennial wildflower to your wildflower garden that brings beauty and serves pollinators and birds throughout the year! White crownbeard wildflowers are summertime pollinator magnets throughout the eastern USA, and Spirit Tree Farms has bare root plants available! Crownbeards’ Late Summer Blooms Crownbeards — aka Verbesina virginica, wingstem, frostweed, ice flower, or frost…
