by Carolyn Crane | Sep 28, 2025 | Native Plants, The Land
The journey to earn my MAEAP verification began when I visited Susan Beecher’s land in Chelsea on a Wild Ones tour in 2022. Susan had a native meadows, trees, rain gardens, a flourishing ecosystem. My original goal of creating a traditional farm was already...
by Carolyn Crane | Jul 25, 2025 | The Land
Three years ago this coming fall, I killed my lawn and sowed an acre of native flower and grass seed on the east acre between my house and road. They say a rewilded meadow sleeps the first summer, creeps the second, and leaps the third. I thought it leapt last summer,...
by Carolyn Crane | Nov 3, 2024 | Native Plants, The Land
Part One: May 2024 This spring it was finally time to focus on Zone Four, the Future Food Forest. I attended native tree sales in Monroe and Washtenaw Counties, and came away with small saplings of these trees: meadowsweet, choke cherry, wild plum, pasture rose, and...
by Carolyn Crane | May 4, 2024 | Native Plants, The Land
I am excited to announce my permaculture internship program. The program runs from May through September. Community college students in SE Michigan are eligible. This is a paid internship, including mileage and meals while working. We learn and teach while we work and...
by Carolyn Crane | Feb 23, 2024 | Native Plants, The Land
Every farm needs a work area, an area devoted to creating the things that allow us to create the habitat that leads to the plants or crops. Behind Zone Two the Interface is our smallest zone, Zone Three. The “industrial” part is a bit of a joke, since our...
by Carolyn Crane | Dec 29, 2023 | Native Plants, The Land
This is my third winter in Michigan. Since I’ve moved here, I’ve been struck by the fact that the weather seemed perfectly synchronized with the seasons. As the seasons changed, temperature ranges changed immediately. The last two winter solstices,...
