Showing posts with label Prairie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prairie. Show all posts
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Unknown prairie flowers
One of the exciting things about growing our native prairie is finding the new plants that come up each year. This year, with a second-year prairie planting in bloom, is no exception. Allow me to introduce...the two newest mystery plants.
This red-orange flower is on a tall spike with tiny leaves.
This short purple flower is connected to the awesome 9-loved leaves below.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Prairie flowers
I'm super behind on blogging, so there's lots to catch up on.
This post is for you, Dad!
We have a few new flowers blooming in the prairie this year.
Spotted Bee Balm (also Spotted Horsemint)
I think this is Lemon Bee Balm (or Lemon Horsemint), but I'm not sure yet.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Bubbles, bubbles everywhere!
Yesterday was the first nice spring-like day that I had been able to enjoy at home. Yes, I still love my Fridays off...
Novak and I went to GUMDROPS, a pre-preschool play group at a local church. He (and I) had a blast. He played nicely with the other kids, loved the stories and songs, and didn't want to leave at the end. Already I'm looking forward to next week.
Later my parents came over and helped me burn our prairie. Only a few times did I think the fire might get ahead of us...Dad lost a few leg hairs and the strings hanging from my ripped jeans have disappeared. But it actually went fairly smoothly.
As we waited for the big boys to get home from school, Novak and I pulled out the bubbles and played in the driveway.
And I'm still waiting most anxiously for the arrival of my new baby nephew. He was due Thursday, and so every day that goes by is more torture for my sister. Very soon she will have a bundle of love to snuggle. I'm so excited for this baby, he is going to be so loved!
Novak and I went to GUMDROPS, a pre-preschool play group at a local church. He (and I) had a blast. He played nicely with the other kids, loved the stories and songs, and didn't want to leave at the end. Already I'm looking forward to next week.
Later my parents came over and helped me burn our prairie. Only a few times did I think the fire might get ahead of us...Dad lost a few leg hairs and the strings hanging from my ripped jeans have disappeared. But it actually went fairly smoothly.
As we waited for the big boys to get home from school, Novak and I pulled out the bubbles and played in the driveway.
And I'm still waiting most anxiously for the arrival of my new baby nephew. He was due Thursday, and so every day that goes by is more torture for my sister. Very soon she will have a bundle of love to snuggle. I'm so excited for this baby, he is going to be so loved!
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Prairie Progress
This is year 3 of our prairie creation project. It's supposed to be a minimum of a 5 year process, but finally we are starting to see progress. Last night I went out to the prairie to see lots of new variety!
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| Bluebird eggs in our bluebird house |
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| Gray headed coneflower |
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| Evening primrose |
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| Blue false indigo |
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| Black eyed Susan |
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| Rough Blazing Star |
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| Aster |
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| Wild black raspberries! |
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| Foxglove |
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