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1838-2018

Posted on September 16, 2018 by prairiebotanist

A few years ago I was part of a team doing an environmental assessment for a local road project.  When I saw these giant bur oaks (all around four-and-a-half feet diameter at breast height), I knew I’d be among the … Continue reading →

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Whip-poor-wills

Posted on March 14, 2018 by prairiebotanist

Will whip-poor-wills continue to call from the forest edge behind our house or the aspen grove at the cabin up north for long enough for our son to hear them and remember them, so that he might recount them once … Continue reading →

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The Yard—2016

Posted on December 8, 2016 by prairiebotanist

Axial tilt is getting to me, so I thought I’d look back on some more manic times in our native landscape from earlier this year. Our garden was in its third growing season and its flora was closing in on … Continue reading →

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