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Winter Pruning

Other information: February in Wisconsin means pruning your fruit trees. Pruning is best done when trees are dormant. Prune dead, diseased or crossing branches. The mulberry tree is a native deciduous tree that fruits in May.

Sledding

Cross-Country Skier

Lake Geneva Ice Castles

Lake Michigan by Air

MATC Geoscience Instructor Mike Cape fills us in on some facts about Lake Michigan which are as amazing as the views themselves.

Alpacas

If you are looking for a way to relax today then check out this segment on alpacas. These animals are known to be gentle and calm and just watching them is soothing!

Poetry

Kavon Cortez Jones finds inspiration around the state and then writes about it in the form of poetry. He did a personal reading for My Wisconsin Backyard.

Drone Extra – Lighthouses

In this “My Wisconsin Backyard” exclusive, aerial artist Chris Michalski invites us along Lake Michigan’s shorelines as he flies above the gentle guardians that stand silently in their post until called into service.

Pumpkins from above

You see them all over this time of the year but have you ever wondered how pumpkins are grown here? In our first My Wisconsin Backyard “Drone Extra” we talk to an expert on the ground about this and show you a unique perspective from up above.

KUBB

Kubb is a lawn game played regularly in Sweden where siblings Anna and Marcus Hagström attend college. Just before they left Shorewood to go back there they took the time to tell us more about the game and how it is played.