Large Woodland Burn
April 13, 2010 by Bill
Filed under Customer FAQ's, How to Guides, Seasonal Reminders
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 [...]
What If I Can’t Burn?
February 4, 2010 by Bob
Filed under Customer FAQ's, How to Guides, Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview, What's blooming?
On page 65 of our current catalog we advise in boldface type, “Burning is the single most important management practice for native plantings.” Wayne R. Pauly, in his booklet How to Manage Small Prairie Fires, succinctly summarizes the benefits of regular burning: “Fire rejuvenates a prairie; more plants flower, produce seed, grow taller and are [...]
Fire For Woodland Restoration and Management
December 14, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Customer FAQ's, How to Guides, Seasonal Reminders, Species and Product Overview
I received this question from John in Minnesota: “I have a small patch of maidenhair in a woodlot I’m restoring. ‘Restoring’ means getting rid of buckthorn over the last few years. Maidenhair Fern, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, May Apple, Bloodroot, Hepatica, Wild Ginger and 1 Trillium have showed up. I was wondering what fire would do in this [...]
