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Sunday, November 27, 2016

"That's where the tall corn grows...."

Well, actually not originally. It was tall mostly big bluestem grass back then. Bluestem is a  native, warm season  perennial grass that was  dominant  throughout much of the tallgrass prairie.
Though the song gives "Ioway Ioway" just credit for growing tall corn, southern Minnesota also produces its share as well as lots of soybeans.
Here one of our good friends and neighbors cornfield stretches south to the horizon.  Lucky for us and Miss Lily the fieldroad gives us a perfect place close by for our morning walk.
  We actually live on a borderland lying between flat vistas stretching west to the Rockies and east to Bluff County which is an unglaciated land of hills, river valleys and sinkholes. Here the woodlots teem with deer, turkey and all sorts of small critters for Lily to get excited about...
Conservation practices include "waterways" which limit soil erosion.
 

Morning hikers....:)

16 comments:

  1. I'd love to have that field for a neighbor!!!
    Looks soooooo peaceful. Hope you two are having a fine fall thus far.

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  2. In 35 years after Iowa became a state we decreased 80% prairie to 40%. that John Deere plow changed all.I got bit by chiggers or fleas yesterday hiking in those tall grasses.YIKES

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  3. What a great place to hike. Nothing like a good morning walk.

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  4. Our ancestors must have had one helluva time getting that grass out by the roots to plant them soybeans and corn. No Roundup in those days.

    Nice, interesting/informative post though. And yes, you are a lucky, lucky man.

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  5. Beautiful! We enjoyed visiting your fine state on our travels this summer. It did not disappoint.

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  6. Pretty places and a nice place to walk! :)

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  7. I remember walking in a corn field - years ago! The think that struck me was the wonderfully fresh smell. I kept inhaling deeply to get more of it.

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  8. Nice pictures. All my walks lately are accompanied by rain gear and puddles. :-)

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  9. It looks like grand country, and you use it well.

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  10. Smart use of land to grow hay between the corn fields. Plus is gives you a great place to walk.

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  11. I bet Lily really appreciates her cornfields walks and you do, too.

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  12. I'd have fun running laps around the cornfield.

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  13. This looks like a beautiful place for a morning walk!

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  14. You've got a great place for morning walks. There are days when I would love to walk along that fairly flat land!

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  15. Lovely! That first photo reminded my of Christina's World and also the Little House series. You are lucky to walk there regularly.

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  16. Lots of fields here, too. But more diversified crops. Acres of cukes and melons this year. Nice change from fields of tomatoes followed by months of fruit flies!

    Soybeans currently being harvested.

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