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Community Cookout
We continue to struggle with the weather and our burn schedule, but we caught a break last Tuesday and burned Pokorny Prairie near Schuyler. The burn was pretty – billowing smoke, steady flame, the contrast of thick brown grass and the charred ashes left behind. The clouds were beautiful, the surrounding fields an amazing green, but what made the day memorable were the guests that came for dinner.
by Amy Jones on 03-May-10 16:50
A Burning Itch
No, not that kind. But it's probably just as irritating.
We've been trying to burn, needing to burn, for several weeks now, and the weather just hasn't cooperated. It's been too windy, or too wet, or too hot...
So we've burned out a few fire breaks at Griffith Prairie (see above photo) and Saturday we successfully burned 25 acres at Bader Park. But it's just not enough. Everything is starting to green up and we've got so much left to do.
by Amy Jones on 18-Apr-10 19:58
Patiently Waiting
Winter wasn't especially conducive to construction progress, but we did manage to get all the windows installed on the south side of the Education Center.
Isn't it pretty? Even in its unfinished, rustic state, doesn't it just make you want to walk through the prairie, talk about stuff that really matters, eat some good food, listen to music, relax?
by Amy Jones on 07-Apr-10 15:17
Graphic coolness, or warmness, rather
It’s fun to get new stuff. Especially in January and February when there’s been snow on the prairie for three months and you can’t get outside except to scoop your driveway or fall on the ice on your way to your car. If we haven’t been introduced, I’m a summer. Well, actually I’m an autumn, but my mental health demands hot, humid, sunny summer. I miss you, sun.
by Amy Jones on 11-Feb-10 09:38
Uncle, Already!
To the gods of wind and rain and snow I say, “UNCLE, already!” It has been the most bleak, miserable, depressing late winter/early spring I can remember. If it isn’t snow, it’s ice. When it isn’t raining, it’s windy. And if the sky is clear and the sun is out, it rarely gets above 40 degrees. My poor dog has forgotte
by Amy Jones on 09-Apr-09 16:47
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