I agree Ziggy, condoms and ornaments? Otherwise sounds good to me. Beautifying a public space using his own free time and funds. He says that he doesnt bother private land, which is good, because, regardless of its state, it still isnt his. Have to admit though, I havent read many articles related to gardening that mention Che and Mao. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

I usually don't have that much traffic. That is the most diverse single evening I have ever witnessed in my yard. I was amazed everytime I went out I saw more critters. I have not seen the deer, skunk, possum, or owl in about a week. I saw a flying squirrel earlier this evening whenever I got home!!!!! I heard some loud high pitched squeaky chirps and I shined the light up in the water oak, and I saw something wierd sort jump from one main branch to the other. Holy Cow!!! that looked like a flying squirrel. I walked around the tree and shined up there again, and there it was, and it ran around to the other side of the tree. Then it flew or glided across right before my eyes. probably about 15 yards from the water oak to the thickett. This was by far my best flying squirrell sighting of my life time, and the first in quite some time. Really it was the only good look(actaully a couple good viewings per this one squirrel encounter) ever. This year the frequency, diversity, and quality of mammal sightings has increased to an all time high for my yard. The snake sightings were not as good this year, and I wonder if the raccoon population may be contributing to this. I stopped feeding the raccoons, I still throw out table scraps though for whatever gets them. It just seems better that to throw it it the trash. If the scraps attract the coons and the overabundance of coons decreases the snake sightings I guess this is another good reason to start a worm bend. Can you put meat leftovers in your worm bend?

That is an awesome photo! Neat animals-love to hear them growl... Lisa

I’m very pleased with what our governor and state health experts have planned for MN so far. We have stay at home until May 4 but announced today that a subset of businesses that are not customer facing can reopen as early as Monday but they must have a written CV19 mitigation plan before they can open. The state has provided a template and will assist if needed. Schools will continue with distance learning for the rest of this school year. Some kind of restrictions will continue indefinitely but the state will gradually allow additional activity over time starting with lowest risk first and continuing as long as cases don’t spike and overwhelm the public health surveillance capability or hospital capacity. We have now established a centralized testing function with a leadership team from Mayo, U of MN including Michael Osterholm, Dept of Health and each of the large healthcare delivery organizations that is not dependent on out of state resources. Ramping up now and should be at full capacity in a few weeks. Also ramping up teams for contact tracing, isolation, etc. Overall I think it is a well thought out plan based on the best science and data that we have and will be continually evaluated and adjusted as things change.