FAQ: Won’t the Birds Eat the Native Seeds I just Broadcast?
February 18, 2011 by Steve
Filed under Customer FAQ's, How and When to Plant or Collect Seed, How to Guides, Seasonal Reminders
It’s a question asked quite often and during every season whether one is considering a spring, fall or winter (frost) seeding. The most common method for putting down seed to initiate a prairie planting is a fall or frost broadcasting. This is usually done between October 15 and March 15, after a year of site [...]
Bottle/Cream Gentian Hybrids
September 17, 2010 by Becky
Filed under Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview, What's blooming?
We are in the midst of the Sunflower and Aster blooming season. I lose my enthusiasm for identifying and photographing plants by the end of the summer, even though this is a time when I could really utilize new ID skills. Many of us have difficulty distinguishing among some of the Asters and Sunflowers. One [...]
Rain Garden Update
September 7, 2010 by Ann
Filed under How to Guides, Prairie Moon Happenings, Seasonal Reminders, What's blooming?
Rain Garden Update I was looking back through our website’s old blog postings when I noticed my entry about our new rain garden from September of last year. I thought it would be a good time to give you an update since then. We have had a fairly wet second season, with many occasions of [...]
Hard Virtue
August 18, 2010 by Bob
Filed under How and When to Plant or Collect Seed, How to Guides, Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview
Most sales jobs seem to involve, at least to some degree, the overstatement of a product’s attributes in order to stimulate prospective buyers’ desires. TV commercials and advertising of all stripes routinely rely on hyperbole to promote the belief that the touted goods or services can deliver satisfaction of a nearly spiritual nature. By contrast, [...]
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 [...]
