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

5/12/2008  There are numerous patches of Marsh Marigolds throughout the wetland.

 

5/12/2008  Sometime in the past one of the farmers built a wall around this large spring to make it into a pond.  It’s close to where the old farmhouse used to be.

 

5/12/2008  Looking down into the water you can see water bubbling up through the ground.

 

7/31/2008   Joe Pye Weed

 

8/2/2008   The hill between the road and the driveway has mostly natives except for two prominent invaders – White Sweet Clover and Queen Anne’s Lace.  This year the Sweet Clover population exploded, and I decided to try pulling it all.

 

8/2/2008  Here’s a pile in the gator – on the way to the compost pile.  It looks terrible, but it actually only took a few days.  When it’s this mature, I can cut the stalks off at ground level and it stops growing.

 

8/9/2008  The hillside without Sweet Clover – it still has a little Queen Anne’s Lace.

 

8/7/2008

 

8/16/2008   Blue Vervain in the newly planted Parsnip Meadow

 

8/22/2008  Oxeye and Cup Plant

 

8/25/2008   Blue Vervain in Parsnip Meadow

 

9/6/2008   Parsnip Meadow

 

9/11/2008  This is the area where I’ve been weeding Parsnip by hand.  There’s definitely less parsnip this year.  This is Swamp Thistle, Sneezeweed, and Tall Sunflower.

 

10/18/2008  Parsnip Meadow