Monday, September 26, 2011

SAND PRAIRIE


Took the long way home friday after school.  the first stop was at Zach's land takes up most of a section.  the old farmsted sitsing the center of the section down a long sandy lane.











  The prairie is a Shortgrass prairie; Sand and sandsage prairie; Mixed prairie .... with eastern red cedar a dominant tree, especially in sites sheltered from fire.



















 Little bluestem and side oats grama are two of the  common grasses along with Prairie Bush Clover, also known as the Slender-Leafed Bush Clover, is a Federally Threateded prairie plant endemic to the Tallgrass Prairie and

Hoary Vervain - The genus name, Verbena, is Latin for "sacred plan.t," and refers to an ancient time when the plant was thought to be a cure-all among medicinal plants.


Saturday I pulled 20 frames off the bee hives to extract and one frame of Ross rounds for comb honey


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