Blue Jay Barrens

The most recent portion of the Prairie Garden is too new to offer much of interest.   This area was sprayed twice with glyphosate her...

Growth in the Prairie Garden is proceeding at a rapid rate.   Plants are roughly a month ahead of where they were last year.   The o...

The Purple Coneflower in my Coneflower Management Area produced an abundance of seed this year. Conditions were perfect for seed collection....

Ecosystem management is a challenge, but I also consider it a fascinating and enjoyable endeavor. The basic idea is to take something that i...

Last year I mentioned the expanding population of Purple Coneflower , Echinacea purpurea , in a small clearing I created beside one of the p...

The Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea , was the first plant I came across at Blue Jay Barrens that I knew belonged to the prairie. This ...