Category: Experimental Work Farm
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Expensive jelly awaits fly-in visitors to the Werkes
(No, we will not comment on a certain CNN town hall) We’re expecting special visitors at the Experimental Work Farm (and Penal Colony) today. Gaily colored and finely feathered visitors. Millions of them across Wisconsin, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are expected this very day! Birds that migrated thousands of miles from Central and…
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The black bear is in town!
After being spotted in Mt. Horeb A black bear was spotted Friday 04-28-23 on the east side of Mt. Horeb, just north of the cemetery on WI Hwy 78. It was thought to be heading to Stewart County Park to the West. Maybe did. But at 3 p.m. today a large black bear was spotted…
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Turkeys and foxes wreaking havoc!
Earth day +2 in the city;back’a my neck getting burned real pretty! Our ritual Sunday morning quest for coffee-shop coffee, an almond croissant, and a generous helping of high-quality newsprint was delayed yesterday 04-23-23 by a gaggle of wild turkeys crossing Monroe Street here in Madison WI. Except cross, the four big birds did not.…
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Hooray for global worming
Blaska’s Blog is unaffiliated with any state media! It’s 79 degrees F this April 11 at the Blaska Experimental Work Farm (and Penal Colony), here in Madison WI. The Head Groundskeeper is jonesing to plant his seeds. Must be patient. How many times can Wisconsin break your heart before you wise up? (Never mind politics!)…
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Pig in a Madison poke
We’re rooting for Rudi! We’ve seen chickens in the urban backyards here in the Emerald City. Would host a flock at the Experimental Work Farm and Penal Colony, ourselves, if we weren’t convinced foxes would make off with them. We’ve seen raccoons peering into our four-season sun porch, turkeys and sandhill cranes traversing the property,…
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It is snowing ‘here’
and it is beautiful! The grounds of the Stately Manor this Saturday afternoon are a snow globe, lightly shaken. A Grandma Moses painting come to life. The falling snow blankets the blue spruce and dwarf white pine while, inside, the fireplace is a-glow with warmth. Expecting 4 to 7 inches here. Where is “here?” we…