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 [...]
A ‘Convenient’ Rain Garden
July 28, 2010 by Humphrey
Filed under How to Guides, Species and Product Overview
I went to the Kwik Trip convenience store/gas station on Cass Street in La Crosse, WI the other day to buy a paper (some people do still read those things) and, coming out, I saw Purple Coneflowers. I thought, “Well, that’s nice. Someone is planting some nice wildflowers here.” As I looked closer I saw [...]
Video: Marsh Marigold (Caltha Palustris)
January 1, 2010 by Steve
Filed under Species and Product Overview, Videos, What's blooming?
[Steve] – (April 29) Hi this is Steve at Prairie Moon Nursery. I’m standing here in a patch of Marsh Marigold – Caltha palustris. You can see it has these great distinctive early yellow flowers. Here we are, it’s not even May yet and here they are pretty much in full bloom. Caltha, the Marsh [...]
How Wet Is Your Rain Garden or Retention Basin?
October 29, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Species and Product Overview
Here is a typical planting situation. A landowner has created an area that will hold water for short periods. There are environmental reasons to do this. In your watershed you will lessen the load on the storm-water system. Rain gardens and detention or retention ponds are examples of ways to do this. It is a [...]
