[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] This fall we finally tackled the line of trees and brush dividing Hidden Oaks Meadow from the Narrows Prairie.  Hidden Oaks Meadow is a small mesic remnant.  We’ve been mowing the edges to […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 1/25/2013   1/25/2013   1/25/2013  The savanna is looking more open now that most of the elms have died.   5/19/2013   This is the beginning of the path in from the Narrows Prairie.  […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 3/9/2012  Burr Oaks behind the bench   9/21/2012  I’m doing some clearing work on the steepest part of the point.  It’s in pretty good shape, but there are Prickly Ash and honeysuckle creeping […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 1/6/2011   4/18/2011  Mowing Hidden Oaks Meadow   4/18/2011  Looking at the meadow from the path – we worked on clearing a lot of the dead aspens, and this area is getting much […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 2/1/2010   4/23/2010  Looking out from the point – still plenty of birch trees on the hillside   10/9/2010  We tried pushing down dead aspens with the tractor.  It didn’t work very well, […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 4/29/2009   5/12/2009  The west slope where I cleared brush last year   5/19/2009  This is the path between some scrubby woods and the aspen grove.  (We put up a game camera to […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 2/23/2008  The bottom of the point, with the prairie slope emerging into the sun   5/18/2008  The slope below the prairie   5/22/2008  Blue-eyed Grass and Hoary Puccoon on the prairie   5/24/2008  […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 1/6/2007  This is the hollow where the Robin’s Plantain grows that I started clearing last fall.  Now it’s pretty much cleared out.   4/20/2007  The point – with a few birch piles left […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 1/28/2002  Looking down the point to 3 Finger Valley   1/28/2002  The south-east facing slope of the point   7/11/2002  The bench with Leadplant   8/6/2002  Top of the point   8/6/2002  Purple […]

[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 5/6/2006  I worked on girdling more aspen along the lower edge of the point   Prairie flowers are beginning to come back in some of the areas we’ve cleared. Blue-eyed Grass   Robin’s […]