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 [...]

Spring Hopes Perennial

Spring’s unfolding has been a stop-and-start affair in our valley this year. A brief early warm-up was followed by a cold, rainy stretch and then three inches of snow, a little sun and then more rain and cold. Plants everywhere continue awakening, though, pushing promisingly above the soil surface, pacing their growth, biding their time [...]

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 [...]

Natural Cleaners

Living so close to the Mississippi River flyway, we’ve become accustomed to the sight of Bald Eagles (and even the occasional Golden Eagle) sharing the skies above our valley with Red-Tail Hawks and our other resident raptors. Late this winter I had several opportunities to get a closer view of Bald Eagles in action and [...]

Natives with Wings

Many people who contact us at Prairie Moon are excited by the symbiotic relationships between native plants and hummingbirds, butterflies and other pollinating insects. We also talk often with admirers of the dynamic interactions between the roots of native plants and elements and organisms in soil. I recently received a reminder, though, of the importance [...]

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