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Monthly Archives: July 2010
The beauty of watermelon leaves…
Okay, so it’s truth time… I did not walk the prairie today. I was feeling tired so I ran Lilly out, skipped her walk and crawled back into bed. I did, however, work in the vegetable garden today. On one … Continue reading
Inspiration for an alien landscape…
When I go to the zoo and see cotton-top tamarin monkeys I can see where Star Trek got it’s aliens from… and when I see dotted horsemint in the prairie I can see where they got there alien plants. Dotted … Continue reading
Twinkle, twinkle little flower…
Today while walking the prairie I was admiring the rolling tracts of flowering spurge. With multiple white, miniature flowers flowering spurge is the baby’s breath of the prairie. Its flowers waving in the slight breeze almost seem to twinkle in … Continue reading
An excursion to Cave of the Mounds…
Yesterday we went on a field trip to Cave of the Mounds with the Blue Mounds Area Project. Ann Wescott, groundskeeper, showed us around the grounds. We saw how they use native plants for landscaping, as a seed source and … Continue reading
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In awe of prairie roots…
Today it rained in the prairie. This is good since it has not rained by for a while. I have watered the vegetable garden several times since the last rain, but the prairie takes care of itself. The plants are … Continue reading
The wonders of scattering seed…
Showy tick trefoil has been flowering for a couple of weeks and is starting to form seed pods while the Illinois tick trefoil has just started blooming. We originally scattered seeds for the Illinois tick trefoil, but we’re not sure … Continue reading
Yellow coneflowers and rosinweed…
Yellow cone flowers and rosin weed just started blooming this week adding to the diversity in the prairie. Continue reading
After dark in the praire…
silhouette of prairie plants
Silhouette of Prairie Plants in the Evening
All manner of things go on after dark in the prairie. At night the sounds can be deafening. There is the occasional car that goes by, but the noise is not man made. The insect life is just loud as the crickets sing for their mates. The coyotes roam. We often hear them and see evidence of their nightly sojourn through the prairie. Today Lilly and I noted coyote droppings along side of the path. We once had a visitor for dinner who pointed out the characteristics of coyote droppings. Since the coyote eats a lot of rodents and eats them whole, coyote droppings are full of hair and if you break them open you will find small rodent bones. Just before dawn the noise changes as the birds take over and believe me they can make a lot of noise. The sounds of the prairie at night can be both beautiful and interesting, as well as loud! Continue reading
Visiting Cedarburg Bog…
Yesterday we (John and I) went to visit the Cedarburg Bog for the Cedarburg Bog BioBlitz. It was great. There were scientists doing biological inventories of plants, mammals, birds, insects, amphibians and fish. Also, tours of the bog itself. I … Continue reading
The colors of the prairie…
There are many subtle colors of the prairie. There is a lot of green of course, but there are variations of green. Little bluestem has a blueish-silver to it. Big bluestem has some mahogany with the green. Lead plant has … Continue reading
Reflections from the Prairie 
