Using both indoor an outdoor sowing methods a new prairie of warm season bunch grasses, and forbs. Indoor Methods Indoor Medium: Peat pots Indoor growing environment: Heat mat, 2 florescent lights on 12 hours. 1 plant light, 1 plain. Side oats grama propagation Indoor sowing results produced leaves within seven days when laid on top […]
I never thought I’d be writing a title like this one. We live in a world of hand sanitizer, scientific knowledge, and medicine. Pandemic was a word reserved for prepper types and stuff of fiction. But here we are. And here I sit in the room of my dying father. He is so thin and […]
Planted cabbage and lettuce outside on 3/17. These will be a complete test but should help me busy in late spring! Indoors trying old seeds to see if any sprout, including beets and Roma tomatoes. Will pick up tomatoes from the person down the street if I can’t find any. In the patch that’s been […]
Spring weather dictates what winter imaginings are actually done. This weekend was balmy. Sixty degree temps rid us of the last February snow. It was a good time for trimming the 4 year old peach trees. The days of training into an espalier are gone. If I had found Ian Sturrock’s video on espalier earlier, […]
Geum Junegrass Koeleria macrantha Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lupine Perennis Lupine – low growing plant, good in dry sandy soil. Palmate foliage . Lupine is the only host plant for the rare Karner Blue butterfly. Habitat loss has led to the decline in Lupine plants in the wild, and put the Karner Blue on the endangered species list. Leaves that […]
Natural Resources Conservation Service present Plant Growth Habits Codes and Definitions to reference. PLANTS Description PLANTS Definition Notes Forb/herb Vascular plant without significant woody tissue above or at the ground. Forbs and herbs may be annual, biennial, or perennial but always lack significant thickening by secondary woody growth and have perennating buds borne at or […]
If climate is forcing the movement of animals, plants and disease… what is the mix of plants to experiment with? To know, you must understand what biomes have been mapped and when. 2014 – CSFS Forest Mapping of Colorado – How has climate impacted front range communities? Is it drier in the winter? Who is […]
Prairie Smoke at sunrise. link to video @prairieguy2016: His short video of geum is a great motivator to see my prairie through. His videos of life near Malta, Montana
LOCAL NURSERY for STATUARY, ROSES and ANNUALS
LOCAL NURSERY for NATIVES, POTS, and PERENNIALS
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