tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post6309980827226242178..comments2023-05-08T21:42:05.380-04:00Comments on Blue Jay Barrens: Prairie Garden 2012Steve Willsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-84273028829546535422012-02-14T20:42:37.941-05:002012-02-14T20:42:37.941-05:00James doesn’t have his own site, but he is a contr...James doesn’t have his own site, but he is a contributing author to Beetles in the Bush. Click on his name in the side bar at BitB and it will bring up his posts. BitB is in my "Blogs I Follow" list.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-25439452509261458102012-02-14T10:01:42.653-05:002012-02-14T10:01:42.653-05:00Does Mr. Trager have a blog/website?Does Mr. Trager have a blog/website?Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-80214452019355984242012-02-12T20:49:22.988-05:002012-02-12T20:49:22.988-05:00Thanks for the input James.Thanks for the input James.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-76742432011338767502012-02-12T12:25:54.460-05:002012-02-12T12:25:54.460-05:00Burning (if all goes right) is cheap, effective, r...Burning (if all goes right) is cheap, effective, relatively easy (with good crew and equipment), and sometimes frankly a little exhilarating. These are why it's increasingly popular among large-scale land managers, but I must admit, often without carefully considered ecological justification. It does however have a long and increasingly well-documented precedent in the ecosystems of the world. <br /><br />But we don't live in the Holocene anymore. We're now in the Anthropocene, where the dominant ecological force is the collective activities of an almost unfathomable number of our own species. In heavily populated areas, the activities of landowners determine the fates of other resident species. If you, Steve, can manage your landscape for native biological diversity without fire, than go for it, and be an example to so many others who also feel uncomfortable about using fire. I'm use fire in my work, but I also study your posts carefully to learn from them, and pass along what I learn.James C. Tragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843481778096677426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-42944994355968231422012-02-11T21:02:31.000-05:002012-02-11T21:02:31.000-05:00Hi Rick. Besides the garden, I haven't done a...Hi Rick. Besides the garden, I haven't done any burning at all. A prairie burn requires a proper burn plan and a certified burn team. That's not something that's readily available to the typical private landowner. Besides, I'm not convinced that burning is necessary in order to maintain a healthy prairie in this area. Everything I do is intended to demonstrate that a person with limited time, money and help can successfully manage these prairie areas.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-51238371805163394992012-02-11T10:04:00.419-05:002012-02-11T10:04:00.419-05:00Besides the garden,have you ever done any burning ...Besides the garden,have you ever done any burning of a larger part of your property? I have 2 acres that could benefit from a burn,back in the old days when burning trash,burned about 3 acres of the neighbors field,looked great in the spring.Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-61355757846685594192012-02-10T22:15:38.563-05:002012-02-10T22:15:38.563-05:00Hi Katie. Basal leaves of the Western Sunflowers ...Hi Katie. Basal leaves of the Western Sunflowers usually start to show themselves in late fall and persist through the winter.<br />The area protected by the towel produced several Oxeye Daisies, an invasive species in Ohio. The fire seemed to have knocked them out of the rest of the garden. You can see a couple of pictures in my April 19, 2011 post. Check out posts with the Prairie Garden label to follow the progress of the garden through 2011.<br /><br />Hi Grace. We had snow a couple of days ago and it's snowing again now. Some plants grow no matter how cold and snowy it gets.<br />The egg sac is indeed that of a spider. After they hatch, they'll all try to get away to establish their own territories, so the most unlikely place to find one would be beside the egg sac. If you do happen to find one, I'm sure it will be cute.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-12466508701430018762012-02-10T19:22:27.296-05:002012-02-10T19:22:27.296-05:00Hi Steve... Didn't you just have snow.. hard t...Hi Steve... Didn't you just have snow.. hard to believe there are things starting to grow..that's not happening here.. ; }<br />Thanks for your encouraging comment on my post ..appreciate that!!<br />I was hoping you might be able to tell me what kind of egg sack perhaps ( the little round ball like thing) was in one of my photos ..it is the one on the juniper bush!!<br />If it is spiders I still want to know so I won't go there in summer hahaha!!!<br />Gracegrammie ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839269423384232974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-16153822583315561202012-02-10T08:44:18.123-05:002012-02-10T08:44:18.123-05:00I looked at your other burning posts. Are the wes...I looked at your other burning posts. Are the western sunflowers up a little earlier this year? And what happened to the area where you used a towel last year during your burn?Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.com