[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Savanna page.]
We didn’t do a lot of work on this area this year. Mike cut and picked up trees that had fallen over the winter so he could do his usual mowing in the spring. I treated clumps of Reed Canary Grass, and pulled some – but not nearly all – of the Queen Anne’s Lace in the open areas. And late in the fall we cut and treated some of the buckthorns that are coming up around the brush pile and at the edges of the wooded slopes.
4/8/2022
4/23/2022 Some of the fallen trees
4/27/2022 After clearing fallen trees
4/27/2022
4/28/2022 After mowing
4/28/2022 After mowing
4/28/2022 View looking south through Armund’s Gap
6/1/2022
6/1/2022
6/1/2022
6/1/2022
8/21/2022
8/29/2022 Hidden Oaks Meadow – the mesic remnant – a favorite spot for migrating Monarchs.
10/3/2022
10/11/2022 Looking back into the savanna from the prairie point
10/22/2022