[To see stories and photos from other years, see the links on the main Wetland page.]

1-3-2005   In winter, water from the springs freezes and expands in between the sedges.

1-3-2005

1/16/2005

1/17/2005  Watercress (not native) grows in the streams and stays green all winter.

1/18/2005

1/23/2005  The sedge meadow has an interesting texture when it’s covered with snow.

3/6/2005   Spring flood

3/28/2005  Spring flood

5/6/2005   Sandpiper – I think a Solitary Sandpiper

6/19/2005   Canada Anemone

7/18/2005  This is the Reed Canary Grass area that I sprayed last fall.  I threw down wet prairie seeds over the winter, and now they’re coming up.

8/8/2005   Wild Parsnip coming up between Common Milkweed

8/8/2005   Blue Vervain blooming in one of the sprayed areas.  This species comes in very fast when there’s no competition.  After a few years, when the other plants get bigger, it won’t be so dominant.

8/15/2005   Joe Pye Weed

8/15/2005

8/27/2005   Blue Vervain in the area that was sprayed last fall.

8/27/2005  Reed Canary Grass – this is why it’s such a problem plant – once it’s growing, nothing else can grow there.

8/27/2005   We mowed the area east of the driveway.

9/26/2005   It’s greened up now, so we’ve sprayed it, and I’ll plant there this winter.