by SAM Steiner | Nov 28, 2023 | From the Kitchen, Notes from the Land
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you had a wonderful day and enough turkey for a tryptophan high on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday! With, of course, Cranberries… I was never enamored with them. As a kid, I thought they added color to the Turkey day table, but...
by SAM Steiner | Jul 21, 2023 | Notes from the Land
No, this is not a book review of Jon Krakauer’s modern classic. It is an “animated” essay of our summer adventures with the wild things that surround us, starting with a hooded merganser and her brood in the featured photo during a paddle on the river....
by SAM Steiner | May 12, 2023 | Notes from the Land
Why write about this in mid-May? Because we this is what we do in May – clean up winter debris. The feature photo is what we have left of a 16-foot cedar hedge that was like a thick, green privacy wall. Here’s what it looked like on December 15th: It was the...
by SAM Steiner | Mar 23, 2023 | Notes from the Land
Still. Quiet. Cold. Generous. Winter in North Central Wisconsin is just spectacular. When I walk our woods, I pause to see what they are giving me on this day. The feature photo is a dried vine that is captured by millions of tiny ice crystals that wrap each branch...
by SAM Steiner | Jan 22, 2023 | Notes from the Land
“What on earth is durable shrubbery?” That’s what I said when our contractor used this term before we migrated to rural Wisconsin, then promptly dismissed it. Once we had a livable dwelling on this Wisconsin acreage, the outside perimeter of the house drew our...
by SAM Steiner | Nov 29, 2022 | Notes from the Land
Growing food – to save money, to eat locally, to slow down my hectic life through contact with nature – has been a lifelong passion of mine. Moving to16 rural acres in Wisconsin allowed me to scale up food production and opportunities to be with nature....
