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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: Caretakers Corner, spring 09, Earth Home, 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: Caretakers Corner, Composting, Earth Home, spring 09, vegetable garden, Organic Gardening, raised bed garden, 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: Caretakers Corner, spring 09, wildlife, Earth Home, 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: Caretakers Corner, bird watching, Birds, Spearhead Lake, spring 09, wildlife, Common Loon, Earth Home, loon calls

An Easter Hike1 comment

2earthhomedwellers wrote 7 months ago: We were lucky to have such a beautiful Easter day to enjoy, unlike previous years of either rain or … more →

Tags: spring 09, wildlife, Earth Home, Red Squirrel, porcupine, feather, Hike

Life beneath the retreating ice

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: Today I stopped at our boat landing to see if there was any standing water yet. At the the middle of … more →

Tags: Spearhead Lake, spring 09, Earth Home, caddisfly, Caddisflies, damselfly, damselfly nymph, dip-netting, aquatic invertebrates

Resurrecting solar panels from the dead

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 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: Caretakers Corner, Earth Home, spring 09, Solar Panel, Solar energy, solar panels, weather station, photovaltaic

Got anymore bird seed in there?1 comment

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: We have only two bird feeders. One is a thistle feeder and the other is a “squirrel-proof … more →

Tags: Bird Feeders, bird watching, Caretakers Corner, Earth Home, spring 09, Red Squirrel, squirrel proof feeder

Grouse tracks and deer signs

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: Even though snow on the ground has played tricks on our eyes telling us winter is still here, the wi … more →

Tags: Deer, Birds, spring 09, wildlife, Earth Home, Ruffed grouse, grouse tracks, deer bed, animal signs in winter

The eagles claim their nest

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: Yesterday we went to see if the eagles were nesting. So far we hadn’t seen any activity on the … more →

Tags: Bald Eagles, bird watching, Birds, spring 09, wildlife, bald eagle nest, Earth Home, juvenile eagle, nesting bald eagles

Otter Slides

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: While hiking yesterday we came across awesome otter signs in the snow! As we were hiking yesterday, … more →

Tags: spring 09, wildlife, Earth Home, River Otter, otter slides, otter

Spring is here ... and so are wolves!

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: My husband and I went on a hike yesterday to check out the lake. We weren’t sure if it was sti … more →

Tags: Earth Home, Spearhead Lake, spring 09, wildlife, animal tracks, Wolves, Wolf, Wolf Tracks

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: Caretakers Corner, Earth Home, spring 09, spring, Snow Melt, Flood, rain

Signs of Spring

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: Things are changing around here…. slowly…. but spring is on its way. The lake is beginni … more →

Tags: Spearhead Lake, spring 09, spring, Snow Melt

The Eagles are Back

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: For the past two weeks my husband and I have seen a pair of bald eagles fly over Spearhead Lake. We … more →

Tags: bird watching, Birds, Bald Eagles, Bald eagle, bald eagle nest, spring

Second Day of Spring1 comment

2earthhomedwellers wrote 8 months ago: My husband and I went for a walk in the woods on March 21, the second day of spring. It felt so good … more →

Tags: spring 09, Earth Home, spring, woods, wolf scat, Scat, ruffed grouse scat, Ruffed grouse, Snow Melt

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: Caretakers Corner, winter 08-09, Spearhead Center, Earth Home, Spearhead Lake, snow, March blizzard, blizzard

A Shrewd Awakening1 comment

2earthhomedwellers wrote 9 months ago: This morning I awoke to the sound of my earth home cat Ozzy making a funny sound. It sounded like a … more →

Tags: Caretakers Corner, Ozzy the earth home cat, Earth Home, cat, shrew

And the answer is...2 comments

2earthhomedwellers wrote 9 months ago: There were eight birds in this picture. Congratulations to "Old Folks" for picking the win … more →

Tags: Caretakers Corner, bird watching, Bird Feeders, Earth Home, bird feeding, Guessing game, Answer


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