Hi - just found this group

[frogcycle]

Although I have done a lot of organic vegetable gardening in the past, my current passion is restoration of an oak/hickory savannah at the back of my yard (N. Illinois), and establishment of a small "pocket prairie" at the front.

Anyone with similar interests?

[Kolesar]

1. The local park naturalist has been sponsoring a "prarie restoration project" for ~15 years

There is a whole society of naturalists who correspond and share ideas on prarie restorations. They even have seed exchanges to find the proper species. You could probably google them up. Sounds like fun!

[sazemisery]

2. Welcome

[roguevalley]

3. hi. i love prairie grass.

[frogcycle]

4. heres my original small plot

Grass

It is three years old now - picture is 2nd year - it got several feet taller last year
This was just 4 1-gallon pots - two sawgrass; two switchgrass. I have planted seed plus several plants from Prarie Nursery in Wisconsin, and have gathered seed from these grasses, plus the coneflowers and milkweeed that are hidden behind the grasses in this pic to start a new section on the other side of the driveway. I put a TON of milkweed seeds in the drainage ditch in front of the yard. Expecting mucho butterflies.

I also bought "woodland prarie" seed and plants to put under the oaks in the backyard. Nothing much happened last year. I don't know if it is slow to germinate (it can take a couple of years, they say) or if I need a do-over.

[roguevalley]

5. that is sosoososoosososso beautiful. I love that tall stuff. I wish Alaska

was more amenable to things like that.