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Natives in Unlikely Places

April 30, 2010 by Becky  
Filed under Seasonal Reminders, What's blooming?

As you notice large newly mowed lawns this spring and new sprawling developments eating away at existing “green space”, you may think there can’t be hope for the survival of native plants.  But you may be surprised by the success and adaptability of some native species.  If you keep your eye out, you may find [...]

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The Birds And The Bees Thrown Off By Early Spring by Christopher Joyce via NPR

April 22, 2010 by Kathy  
Filed under Seasonal Reminders, What's blooming?

April 22, 2010 Heard this story as I was driving to work on this Earth Day and wanted to share it: Listen to story here Scientists who study the world’s climate have predicted that global warming could cause spring to start earlier. And that appears to be what’s happening, at least in some places. The [...]

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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 [...]

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Plant Digging in Spring

This is a continuation of what I was talking about in October. In late March, we began digging plants;  now we’re finished. A very tough job! Digging in many different conditions – it just happened to be  nice and warm on this day. From grasses to fibrous and ‘spaghetti’ rooted plants, and taproots. They are [...]

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