[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Knife Edge Prairie page.]
1/6/2012 The path into the prairie from the north
3/9/2012 Center Valley from the point. The dried flower stalks are Wormwood (Artemisia campestris), a plant of dry, sandy bluff prairies.
3/28/2012
4/1/2012 Spring mowing
4/2/2012 The path along the ridge
4/2/2012 Looking the other way along the path
5/11/2012 This is one of the area that Mike mowed out in early April. Now there are Jack-in-the Pulpits coming up all over.
5/11/2012 More of the newly mowed area
6/25/2012 Butterflyweed in the prairie
9/10/2012 Rough Blazing Star and Showy Goldenrod
9/10/2012
11/15/2012 I’ve been working again on clearing the west-facing slope. I started at the point, and I’m working north, clearing all the brush and non-natives all the way from the path at the top, to where the woods gets thick at the bottom. I didn’t get very far – it’s a lot of work! – but it looks much better.