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This set of pictures features the Prairie Garden. See the Forest Garden, the South Lot, the West Edge, the Savanna, and the House Yard sets.


Here is the prairie garden looking east. When I was little, most of this space used to be a vegetable garden. Now the west edge is a blackberry patch, in which I have planted various types of blackberries and a few domestic black raspberries. Some black raspberries grow along the southwest edge. I did not plant these, they are volunteers from others I have planted or that birds brought in. The middle is a mix of grasses and sedges, cup plants, goldenrods, and other wildflowers. In several places we have planted little bluestem and big bluestem. The east end has some edible plants. The prairie garden is one of the wettest parts of the yard.
This is the prairie garden looking east.

Toward the east end of the prairie garden is an area with some edible plants. It's always had some wild strawberries. Last year I planted some wild leeks, which I don't think survived; and some sunchokes, which grew to towering heights. You can still see some of their big stems toward the right.
Toward the east end of the prairie garden is a patch of edible plants.

This is the prairie garden looking west. In the foreground is a patch of big bluestem. Patches of dark green are daffodils coming up.
This is the prairie garden looking west.

This mossy path leads from the prairie garden into the ritual meadow.
This mossy path leads into the ritual meadow.

This is the ritual meadow looking southeast.
This is the ritual meadow looking southeast.

At the west edge is a lot of brush. That standing snag used to be a big old maple that once held a treehouse.
The brushy area on the west edge of the ritual meadow holds a standing snag.

This is the firepit. It is edged with bricks. I've been piling sticks and brush in it for weeks.
This is the firepit in the ritual meadow.

This is the view from behind the firepit looking north toward the remains of the old barn. There are a lot of mulberry trees growing there now.
This is the ritual meadow looking north.

This mossy path leads from the ritual meadow to the parking lot.
This mossy path connects the ritual meadow to the parking lot.

Here is a closeup of the moss.
Here is a closeup of the moss on the path.

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Date: 2022-03-28 11:30 am (UTC)
pronker: barnabas and angelique vibing (Default)
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How peaceful and lovely to walk here - I'm so fond of flat land and huge horizons, too. Looking forward to seeing dafs blooming.

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