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Wildflower Walk Saturday June 1 at the PGT

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Lorna Domke

Spring blooms have just begun but we’re already planning ahead for our annual wildflower walk in late spring. Expert botanists George and Kay Yatskievych will lead the walk on Saturday June 1, 2013. We’ll start about 9 a.m. at the … Continue reading →

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Sign up for Spring Birdwalk 2013!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Lorna Domke

The PGT spring birdwalk is scheduled for Saturday April 27, 2013. Ornithologist Jim D. Wilson agreed to lead us once again starting at 7 a.m. It’s free and fun. Sign up if you’d like to join us by emailing info@prairiegardentrust.org. … Continue reading →

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New inspiration to enjoy native, wild foods

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Lorna Domke

A new way to enjoy native plants (and animals) just appeared with the publication of “Cooking Wild in Missouri” by Bernadette Dryden. I made the mistake of opening to the incredible photos, tips and recipes just before lunch. Now I’m … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Monsanto for Roundup

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Lorna Domke

Any gardener knows that weeding is key to creating a great garden, just as any journalist knows editing is critical to a good story. At the Prairie Garden Trust, we’re in the whacking, weeding, editing phase of landscape care. Thanks … Continue reading →

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The Big Melt

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lorna Domke

The water is running rapidly, the fields are turning to mush and the cardinals are singing at dawn. After being trapped by 16 or so inches of snow on top of an earlier 8 inches, we are emerging from the … Continue reading →

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Surprise Sugarberry Tree

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Lorna Domke

Yesterday we trudged through 10 inches of snow along the valley creek near the Caldwell pottery, looking for future tree removal work for Matt and Duncan. (There are several trees down along the hillside from previous thinning work and past … Continue reading →

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Fox Squirrel Pauses for Picture

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Lorna Domke

With more than 9 inches of sparkling snow and nowhere we need to go, this is one of those sit-by-the-fire days, those very quiet days, by the PGT. As we ate lunch, Henry caught sight of a fox squirrel, grabbed … Continue reading →

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Seeds and Snow

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Lorna Domke

Last week Matt and Duncan burned a patch of the bluff top area that overlooks Hillers Creek. So Henry and I were able to scatter new seed there on a cold, snow-spitting day. (The kind of snow that feels like … Continue reading →

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So many seeds, so little time….

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Lorna Domke

The 88 species of wildflower seeds arrived like an early Christmas gift. Now we just have to scatter them across the newly opened or burned prairies, savanna/woods and stream edges. They came from a variety of wonderful seed sources: Missouri … Continue reading →

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Quick Landscaping the Tree Shear Way

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Lorna Domke

Several years ago I heard a story on NPR about videos for young kids showing earth-moving equipment. It was the current spin on a story Captain Kangaroo read in the 1950s about Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel…big machines doing … Continue reading →

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