Hidden Oaks Savanna – 2015

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

1/3/2015

 

4/17/2015  After mowing

 

4/17/2015  Doing the annual mowing

 

4/18/2015

 

5/9/2015  Our friend Dean gave us several seedlings of Valerian – an unusual native that I’ve never seen growing.  I planted a few here, and a few in the wet end of East Center Valley.

 

5/22/2015  This year I finally girdled the huge old aspens at the back of the old aspen grove.  It will be nice to get rid of them – they hide the old open-grown Burr Oaks behind them.

 

6/14/2015  Indian Paintbrush came up in the savanna this year – I’ve never seen it in any of our remnants before.

 

6/16/2015

 

7/28/2016

 

7/28/2015

 

8/22/2015  Hidden Oaks Meadow with migrating Monarchs

 

8/24/2015

 

8/26/2015

 

10/20/2015

 

10/20/2015

 

10/20/2015