Eight Acres Planted

 

Seth Luginbill, our Land Steward, completed the sowing of native Roemer's fescue seed across eight acres adjacent to our prairie remnant last week! For four years we have prepared this land for this moment by clearing tons of debris (with amazing volunteers!) mowing, burning, and weed control.  Most of this work has been funded by the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service but our special friends and neighbors have also been involved from the beginning. Seth has done a wonderful job overseeing this entire process.

We have applied for additional grant funding to continue restoring these eight acres with further treatment of invasive plants and over seeding with over a dozen species of native flowers.  Should that funding be made available you will see a plethora of colors in 2015! We have also sought support for greatly increasing the number of native species we will be able to propagate for eventual sowing on the prairie!

Please join us in our prayers for the care and protection of this place and that the seeds take hold and start to emerge this coming spring! Please mark your calendars and join us in May for our Prairie Open House to get a first-hand look at all the progress being made.