The Land
About the farm
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee.
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few.
About the Land
I’m Carolyn Crane, a writer, a teacher, land steward, and amateur permaculturist living in SE Michigan. I am a harbinger of hope as we all work together to shift the paradigm in the 21st century. As I rewild my land, I am preparing to make it a demonstration destination so that those in the area can see how to work with pollinators and natural landscapes rather than fight them. As we navigate the challenging terrain of the 2020s, it’s more vital than ever that we offer our authentic selves to save and celebrate our planet and all its inhabitants. Please follow me on my journey as I continue to nourish and transform five key zones on this gorgeous wetland that slopes down to the Saline River.
“What’s good is what’s good for the biosphere.”
– Aldo Leopold and Kim Stanley Robinson
Posts about the Land
Celebrating MAEAP Verification
I thought hard for a moment. Josh said that it seemed that my priority was habitat. And that was the land verification. “You’re right!” I said. And it was decided.
Summer 2025 in the East Meadow
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,...
Meet Zone Four: Food Forest in Progress
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...