Superior Fishing: Bringing the Fish Back Home
Friend of the author Kirsti Harris displays her custom made fillet knife after fishing an unknown lake for walleye. | KIRSTI HARRIS Like most natural resource...
Julia Prinselaar
10 Tips for Sustainably Foraging Food
Foraging for wild foods can be a useful tool to engage with the landscape, but with all its hype in today’s mainstream media—from Facebook groups...
Paddling the Turtle River
At the turn of the 20th century, an eccentric hermit named James Alexander “Jimmy” McQuat built this log home on the shore of White Otter...
Celebrating Seed Diversity
Growing up with the influences of an Italian heritage, gardening played a significant role during my childhood. As a young girl, I spent summers in...
Native Plants: A Wise Addition to Your Garden
I’ll be the first to admit that I used to think plants from around my region weren’t very exciting—maybe even a little boring or aptly...
Smelt Fishing: Small Fish, Big Meaning
One of my earliest smelt fishing memories was as a kid, sipping hot chocolate on the banks of the Current River under a night sky....
The Sauna: Winter’s Soothing, Saving Grace
As I write this column, Grand Marais is wrapping up its first annual Hygge Festival (Feb. 9-15). Pronounced hoo-gah, hygge is the Danish ritual of...
Tinctures: Making the Most out of Herbal Medicine
In just a few months, another plant growth cycle will renew itself with the onset of spring. Horsetail, spruce tips and nettles are among the...