[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Savanna page.]

This year we removed the line of trees and shrubs between Hidden Oaks Meadow and the Narrows Prairie just to the north.  We’d been thinking about doing it for a long time, but our friend Armund gave us the nudge to actually get it done.  So we call it Armund’s Gap.

4/25/2014

4/25/2014

4/25/2014

7/23/2014

8/1/2014

8/23/2014  Hidden Oaks Meadow

9/26/2014  Hidden Oaks Meadow with sumac, Showy Goldenrod, Asters, and Common Dogbane

10/16/2014

10/16/2014

10/21/2014

10/21/2014

10/21/2014

10/22/2014  Hidden Oaks Meadow.  Armund’s Gap is the line of trees at the back – before we cut them.

10/25/2014  Working on Armund’s Gap

11/1/2014

11/1/2014  Armund’s Gap is done, but we decided to cut a few of the apple trees too.

11/9/2014  Much more open without the apple trees

11/9/2014  Looking south through Armund’s Gap toward the point

11/9/2014

11/9/2014

11/12/2014  Hidden Oaks Meadow and Armund’s Gap