Monarchs are back
With the Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in full bloom, the Monarch butterflies are loving the garden right now.
Wildlife at the garden
We discovered the garden is not only home to a host of native plants and insects but also to two turtles native to Wisconsin: the Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica) and the Common Snapper (Chelydra Serpentina). We found lots of these little turtles crawling around the garden, heading toward the Yahara […]
Welcome Autumn
As we begin the new season, seed collection is well under way. The garden has been flourishing all summer with the most beautiful wildflowers. And it has become wonderful habitat for birds, small critters and all kinds of insects—including the monarch butterfly. Outside of the garden, a new batch of […]
Things are growing!
After a winter with quite a bit of snow, and now a week of almost nonstop rain, the garden is beginning to green up. Andrea was at the garden site yesterday, accepting a delivery of pellitized compost, and it was obvious that spring has sprung.
Madison Garden Expo a success!
Lorin, mom and I went to the Madison Garden Expo on Saturday, February 7. There were lots of people there! We got to try honey, from the funny honey man. Mom talked to a lot of people about my seeds. The people from Good Oak Ecological Service were very helpful, […]
Things are growing in the basement, too!
Since we visited Taylor Creek in February to learn how to stratify and scarify seed, seed from the garden and from a native prairie in Cross Plains have been been warming it up and putting down roots in the basement. With heat mats and a 400 watt sodium lamp (thank […]