apparently i can feed livestock, control erosion, and maybe someday run my car with switchgrass. i didn’t know all this until i got home with a shock of it under my arm. i just knew its wispy seed heads had been waving ethereally in the wind, and that they were pretty in a delicate, mia farrow kind of way. i’ll never look at mia farrow the same way again. apparently she’s an innovative workhorse, and possibly holds the key to america’s energy future. go mia!

switchgrass seedheads

rice creek regional trail, saint paul, minnesota