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| Caroline mixing up a batch of seeds. |
This April we took on a project we had been wanting to do; restore an acre of prairie in our pasture. To make a plantable seed mixture, we had to combine one part seed to ten parts sand. Then we sowed the seeds all by hand. With the help of Mother Nature, the prairie is growing.
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| partridge pea |
One of the plants that's blooming is called the partridge pea. This plant usually blooms in mid July to mid August. Interesting factoid about the partridge pea: the leaves fold up when touched. This flower offers nectar from small orange glands at the base of its petals for honeymaking.
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| Black-eyed Susan |
We also have some black-eyed Susans springing up.
We'll keep you posted on the flowers and forbs in our prairie.
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