Prairie Progress

My prairie project (15,740 sq/ft,1/3 of an acre) started back in May when I sprayed part of the front yard with Round-Up. I did a second spraying in July and a third in September. On September 17th a tree guy came and dug 4 - 30' Maple trees for transplanting to our church in Wautoma. During the first week of October and on October 13th I dragged the plot. On October 14, with the help of my brother Phil, Uncle Rick & Neighbor Harold; using about 20 bushels of sawdust as a carrier we seeded the plot with Short Prairie Mix for dry soil from Prairie Nursery of Westfield. The seed mix has (2) grasses, Prairie Dropseed and (21) flowers. After the seeding I rolled the area, the seed will lay dormant over winter and hopefully next year we will begin to see results. It takes up to three years for the prairie to mature.