Blue Jay Barrens

It has been a couple of years since I’ve done any large-scale field mowing with the brush mowers. For about 12 years I followed a planned...

January has been a rough month for getting any heavy work done in the field. Warm temperatures and frequent rains left the soil highly vu...

Last night, I heard the first calls of courting Woodcocks from the prairies of Blue Jay Barrens.  This was a reminder to me that I had to...

The tall grass in the Prairie Garden looks a bit battered from the heavy snows it endured this winter.  The combination of strong west wi...

This field was on the schedule to be mowed in November, but the mowing was postponed until I could remove the small army of tiny cedars t...

Mowing does not leave a permanent, easily recognizable signature on the land.  Plants grow back and the area once again takes on a natura...