If I Plant My Seeds in Fall, Can I Burn in Spring?

Many customers wish to add seed to an existing planting in the fall.  They also want to keep the growth from the previous season to overwinter for habitat, continuing beauty and visual interest during the cold snowy months. This often leads to concerns about burning their prairie in the spring, as it would seem that [...]

Bare-Root Native Plants in the Spring

On April 11th, Prairie Moon Nursery began shipping thousands of bare-root plants to customers. Instead of arriving to 60-70° weather, this year many orders will show up while temps hover in the 40s, the rain continues or perhaps the snow returns. Ideally roots should be planted immediately. This is not always possible so if you [...]

Large Woodland Burn

Our local newspaper; The Winona Daily News took some wonderful photos of a large woodland prescribed burn performed by the MN Dept. of Natural Resources on April 9th. From our ridge top office location we watched the smoke billow all afternoon. The burn site is only about 6 miles from Prairie Moon. It was a [...]

Canada Goldenrod Invasion

This question has come up occasionally from various customers so I thought I would pass on my response: A customer asks:  “We have an invasion of Canada Goldenrod in our prairie and I’m wondering if there is a parasitic plant that we can add to the prairie to control this?”  Also, in a couple of [...]

Sod House Made with Prairie Cord Grass (Spartina pectinata)

The following pictures and story of this historic house came from a consignment seed producer of ours in Colorado: This sod house in Wheatridge, Colorado, probably was constructed in the 1860s and contains Cord Grass (Spartina pectinata) in the sod. Here a window affords a view into the wall: Native Americans used Cord Grass leaves [...]

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