Outdoors
Early July, Lake Superior
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAMNGYleDTk
Tree Planting in Duluth
Almost exactly a year after the historic flood, we found the timing to be refreshingly ironic as we set off on our annual tree planning exercise. Employees from Loll Designs, Epicurean, and Intectural all joined to plant trees in four areas around Duluth (Amity Creek, Hartley, Kingsbury Creek, and Featherstone Drive). As it is known, erosion from stream beds were hit hard from the flood and we saw that first-hand as we sought to plant and rehab those areas. (more…)
Slo-Mo Flips from Duluth’s Atlantean Ruins
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3RTe2gl82Y
The Water’s Fine
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7c5jt-0D9E
Is it over yet?
Photo taken June 3, 2013. According to Thom Storm, this is the latest date snow has stayed on the Chester Bowl ski hill by about a month.
Lift Bridge in Heavy Fog
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0PGXgr1wrc
Greenhouse Advice
I’m trying to make my yard and garden more inviting to pollinators, and I’m having trouble finding greenhouses in the Duluth area that don’t treat their flowers with long-lasting systemic insecticides that get into the pollen and nectar. I don’t want to bring flowers and shrubs home that will poison the bees and butterflies I’m trying to attract. Any recommendations for where to get untreated plants locally? I’ve gotten some at Burchfiel’s and some at Boreal Natives, but they don’t have everything I’d like to plant.
First Tick of the Year — 2013 Edition
In addition to misapplied possessive apostrophes and upset people in the newspaper, another thing we’ve been following on PDD for quite some time is the first tick to show its face each year. This little bloodsucker latched on to me today on the Lumber Camp Trail at Pattison Park.
Morel Hunting in Greater Duluth Area
I’ve done quite a bit of morel hunting in southern Minnesota, where I’m from, but I don’t know if there are morels up here or good places to look. If anyone up here has hunted mushrooms and can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. I realize that good morel grounds might be top secret around here, but if anyone is willing to share I promise I won’t tell anyone!
Mystic Moon Festival and Camping
Mystic Moon Festival and Camping is a three-part series of events located in North Central Wisconsin under the full moon, stars, and sun, encompassing a 600-acre plot of land with plenty of room for camping and recreation. The first part in the series, June 21 to 23, features 48 hours of non-stop Electronic Dance Music presented by the creators of DS Frequency’s Aura series, the 2011 and 2012 beach “Luna Parties,” Wrekt Records and Groove Shop North.
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Duluth Outer Harbor Views
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyGBV6wYcXg
Rock-hopping Chester Creek
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxXenguKOH8
Duluth & North Shore Kayaking on NPR
NPR’s weekly sports show ended with a feature on the area’s whitewater kayaking. Hear Only A Game’s story on SoundCloud.
Chester Creek Survey 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTJvGAvmNh8
Chester Creek Survey
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87uBQ5lKjcQ
Happy Smelting
Smelter: John Finkle
Photographer: Chelsea Froemke
Smelting posts from years past:
Where is the best place to eat smelt? (2012)
Duluth Smelting (2011)
Remember the glory days of smelting? (2010)
Blocked Trail in Lakeside!
Does anyone know what the story is with the no trespassing signs and fences blocking the extremely popular spur trail connecting the bottom of Glenwood/Oakley to Hawk Ridge road? I thought this was city property. The name on the sign is Gordon Seitz (I think). Thanks!
Off Street Parking?
My wife and I own a home with 2 vehicles, and no off street parking. This can become a pain when we want to leave town for a long weekend and the sides switch on Sunday. I haven’t done too much investigating, but is there a decent solution to having to be back on Sunday night to move it, aside from selling a vehicle, asking someone to move it for us or taking the parking ticket? Is there a local lot that has a reasonable rate for several days of parking? Anybody anybody?
North Shore Sighting of Canada Lynx
Here is a rare video of Canada lynx in Minnesota calling at each other near Sawbill Lake north of Tofte. (more…)
Weather postpones annual native tree sale
It’s not just warm-blooded creatures who are cold this spring. Plants are shivering down to their roots! So, the annual South St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District tree and shrub sale pickup dates have been postponed by one week. Same place, same time, but all one week later. New sale pickup dates are May 16 to 18. See southstlouisswcd.org for details.
P.S. Save the seedlings! Tree and shrub orders are still being accepted — call Lisa at 723-4867.
Wild Turkeys in the Snow
Wrenshall’s Mark “Sparky” Stensaas has had up to 19 wild turkeys at his feeder. He tells the full story on his Photonaturalist blog.
Blustery out at the Congdon’s today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x12THpgHgg0&feature=youtu.be
Perfect Duluth Sound
The “Lake Superior ice sheets breaking at Brighton Beach” post reminded me how much I want some clean recordings of the amazing things the lake does with its ice. Does anyone in our PDD community have some field recording gear (418, 702 or the like)? And would this person be willing to head out on a sound hunt for these phenomena? We could barter some of my recordings or work something out. That crazy ice stuff just doesn’t happen in Seattle. I was back in Duluth in December with gear, but the conditions weren’t right. Here’s hoping…