Category Archives: seed cleaning

Cleaning Wild Rose (hips)

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Alison

Wild rose is a perennial forb that colonizes large areas where native grasses are thin. I think it’s an essential component of mixed grass prairie restorations because it blooms early in the summer and withstands drought better than many other … Continue reading →

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2017 Native Seed Conference

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Alison

We just returned from the National Native Seed Conference in Washington DC. The title is a bit of a misnomer. Most of the attendees were from the western US where federal agencies are the largest landowners and buy millions of … Continue reading →

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Cleaning milkweed seed

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Alison

As concern for monarch populations grows, so does the need for milkweed seed.  I never thought we would harvest and clean common milkweed seed but there is a need that we can easily fill because it grows happily in our … Continue reading →

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