Category Archives: seed production

New Production Plot

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Alison

  Our land is smothered by smooth brome (Bromus inermus). To better establish new production plots, we grow vegetables for three years before seeding native species. We start by solarizing the new garden with clear plastic before planting the first … Continue reading →

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Porcupine Grass – Hesperostipa spartea

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Alison

One of the most elegant grasses of the prairie is porcupine grass. Few plants animate wind and light conditions as well as this cool season native. But for all of its grace, few plants cause more pain to the non-observant … 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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Final Thoughts on the Native Seed Conference

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Alison

During the drive home from Santa Fe I studied my notes of the conference and developed a list of things we will try and reflected on some issues we cannot resolve but should follow.  My favorite quip was “we need … Continue reading →

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Native Seed Conference – Monday thoughts

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Alison

We’re in Santa Fe, New Mexico at a “national” native seed conference.  National is parenthesized because the conference is sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and managed by the Institute for Applied Ecology both based in the western US.  … Continue reading →

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