Video: Learn about the Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)

[Steve] – Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. We’re in a north facing steep slope. During the summer it’s awfully shaded in here but right now because the leaves haven’t filled in its still pretty open. You’ll see down here the Maidenhair Fern. I’m guessing during the growing season it’s pretty thick with [...]

Constructing a Mason Bee House

In addition to their value as pollinators, bees are fascinating insects to observe.  The Mason Bee House pictured here can easily be constructed with pine or cedar. We drilled the holes about 3 inches deep, and from ¼” to 3/8” in diameter.  The Bee House is then conveniently placed in a diverse native plant area.  [...]

Video: Wet Prairie Species

[Steve] – Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery.  I’m  at the edge of a prairie planting kind of a wet prairie planting. These incredibly beautiful red flowers here, those are the Michigan Lily, Lilium michiganense. It’s growing along side, you can see the large leaves of the Prairie Dock, the Silphium terebinthinaceum.  It’s [...]

Calibrating a Prairie Seed Drill

If you have ever planted prairie seeds in a big area by hand broadcasting, you have probably decided that there has to be an easier way.  Well, there is.  Several companies manufacture prairie seed drills that meter out a mix of big, small, dense, and fluffy seeds and drop the seeds at a controlled rate [...]

Video: Woodland Native Species

[Steve] – Hi this is Steve at prairie moon nursery. I’m in a woodland setting by the old Prairie Moon office in the valley. Right now I really have to point out the Columbine, the Aquilegia canadensis . It has the distinctive Chinese lantern kind of red flower going on. It has a very distinctive [...]

Next Page »