This Summer, I spent a few days at Mountain Lake Biological Station and had the good fortune to sit in on a talk by Michael Kaspari, George Lynn Cross Research Professor at OU. Dr. Kaspari discussed his work on global nutrient dilution, its impact on herbivore and insect populations, and the need for getting carbon […]
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For those folks that want a lawn monoculture of fescue there are options with a lighter footprint on Mother Earth and on the checking account – and no mow is one of them. Get it established in the Fall and leave it alone other than a bit of weeding and weed wacking above the mounds […]
We are big fans of wild Senna, Oxeye Sunflower, Mountain Mint, and native warm season grasses in these situations where we are trying to feather out savanna from a tree field border to provide food and homes for pollinators and grassland birds. A few pictures from a large project North of Charlottesville.