[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main  Pat’s Prairie page.]

7/8/2002   The prairie flowers started blooming this year, through the weeds.  Black-eyed Susans with Fleabane – a native annual weedy species.

7/11/2002  Pat’s Prairie looking down from the Knife Edge Point – lots of Fleabane

7/11/2002  Path through the prairie – with fleabane

7/11/2002  Looking the other way – south toward the road

7/13/2002  We mowed again this year, in mid-summer – because there were so many weeds.

But there were flowers too.

8/12/2002  Canada Tick-trefoil, Wild Rye, and Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan, Blue Vervain

Black-eyed Susan and Oxeye

Monarda

View from the Knife Edge Point

10/1/2002

10/15/2002  looking south across the road