[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main 3 Finger Valley page.]

3/27/2004  We did some clearing on the point, and burned the cuttings.

8/8/2004  There were many more prairie flowers this year

8/8/2004   Monarda (Monarda fistulosa), Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor), Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata), and Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis) are all in bloom.

8/8/2004

8/2004   The path back toward the house.

8/2004  We mowed again, late in the summer

11/22/2004  The mowed prairie with another brush pile below Hidden Oaks Point.