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Roof completed!

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: Pictures of the old and the new! Future caretakers at the Neilson Spearhead Center can be forever gr … more →

Tags: Earth Home, Summer 09

Goodbye Big Blue!1 comment

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: Last week we said goodbye to the big blue tarp that has covered our roof since last spring. Oh the j … more →

Tags: Earth Home, Summer 09

Sunset

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: A September sunset Beautiful. … more →

Tags: Earth Home, Spearhead Lake, Summer 09

View from the toilet3 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: The sky window above our toilet has been removed and a new one is on its way. In the meantime, we ca … more →

Tags: Earth Home, Summer 09

Not ready to drop4 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: My husband and I are on the lookout for ripe red oak acorns that have fallen to the ground. They are … more →

Tags: Summer 09, Red Oak, red oak acorns

Otter Signs

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: We took a hike to the north end of Spearhead Lake today. When we crossed the “otter bridge, … more →

Tags: Spearhead Lake, wildlife, Summer 09, otter, otter scat

Our new roof

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: It’s been 30 years since the earth home had any sort of remodeling done, and after a decade of … more →

Tags: Earth Home, Summer 09, earth home; earth sheltered home; roof

Bats above our door3 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: Bats above our front door (our only door) A nice pile of bat guano greets us above the door as we co … more →

Tags: Earth Home, bats, Summer 09

Hello again!

2earthhomedwellers wrote 2 months ago: It’s been a long time since I last wrote on the earth home blog. It’s been an incredible … more →

Tags: Earth Home

Beautiful Spearhead Lake1 comment

2earthhomedwellers wrote 6 months ago: Spearhead Lake on May 4, 2009. The lake was so incredibly calm I knew it was the perfect morning for … more →

Tags: bird watching, Birds, Spearhead Lake, spring 09

Meet Willow, our new puppy3 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: We are pleased to announce a new addition to our earth home family of myself, my husband and our cat … more →

Tags: spring 09, Earth Home, Neilson Spearhead Center, English Setter, Puppy, Dog Training

Starting our raised-bed garden4 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: There’s nothing I love more than fresh-from-the-garden peas. My father had a green thumb and e … more →

Tags: Composting, Earth Home, spring 09, Garden, Neilson Spearhead Center, Organic Gardening, raised bed garden, vegetable garden

A daring red squirrel2 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: There are several red squirrels that find the earth home front lawn a suitable place to scout for fo … more →

Tags: spring 09, wildlife, Earth Home, Neilson Spearhead Center, Red Squirrel

Happy Earth Day! Welcome back loons!2 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: Hear the enchanting call of the loon as we hear it every morning! We were impressed to find half the … more →

Tags: bird watching, Birds, Spearhead Lake, spring 09, wildlife, Earth Home, Neilson Spearhead Center, Common Loon, loon calls

Come out whereever you are!

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: I’ve seen them in town and even an hour north of Bemidji.  Robins are back, but why haven … more →

Tags: bird watching, Birds, spring 09

Resurrecting solar panels from the dead

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: Since we moved in January 1, 2009, my husband and I have tried our best to uncover the history of th … more →

Tags: Earth Home, spring 09, Neilson Spearhead Center, Solar Panel, Solar energy, solar panels, weather station, photovaltaic

Got anymore bird seed in there?1 comment

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: We have only two bird feeders. One is a thistle feeder and the other is a “squirrel-proof … more →

Tags: bird watching, Earth Home, Bird Feeders, spring 09, Neilson Spearhead Center, Red Squirrel, squirrel proof feeder

Buckets of Rain

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: Tonight we experienced the first thunderstorm of spring. It has been raining for two days now and we … more →

Tags: Earth Home, spring 09, Neilson Spearhead Center, spring, Snow Melt, Flood, rain

A March Blizzard

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: A blizzard struck and we didn’t know it was coming. Last week when it was sunny and in the upp … more →

Tags: winter 08-09, Spearhead Center, Earth Home, Spearhead Lake, Neilson Spearhead Center, snow, March blizzard, blizzard


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