[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 2/14/2005 Lower part of the point 2/14/2005 Looking out over the lower point into 3 Finger Valley 4/4/2005 More mowing at the bottom of the point 4/9/2005 Mowing Hidden Oaks […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] 3/27/2004 Mike burning some of the brush piles we made when we cleared the point last fall. We don’t do this any more – it takes too long. Now we make piles out […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] This year we tried burning part of the prairie. The only burns we’d done before were very small patches with snow all around them. So we didn’t plan this one very well. […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Point page.] This was the first prairie we visited when we were walking around, before we bought the land. We climbed up the point to find a place to eat our lunch – on a […]
Hidden Oaks Point is a south-facing point, in the north-central part of our land. It’s quite large, and includes areas of dry prairie, mesic prairie, oak woods, and overgrown savanna. From the top of the point, there’s a wonderful view across our land. Here are updates on the work we’ve done each year, and how […]
I found several clumps of Downy Rattlesnake Plantain growing under an oak tree, right at the end of Hidden Oaks Point.
[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 much work in this area this year. Mike did the usual spring mowing. I pulled most of the Queen Anne’s Lace, and cut and treated buckthorns around and behind the […]
[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 […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Savanna page.] Mike mowed the savanna area in early spring. The area that’s open and sunny has become much larger after all our clearing work, and has many species of asters, but also lots of […]
[To see photos and stories of this prairie in other years, go to the links on the main Hidden Oaks Savanna page.] The main project we did here this year was removing cut trees and brush from the meadow and savanna. Earlier in the winter we had our friend Todd cut walnut, black cherry, and […]