By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This is a spectacular time of year to see our meadows. The warm-season grasses such as Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans, foreground…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We’ve had some glorious weather, and now that we have some much-needed rain I have time to upload the photos…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager In the everyday, is the extraordinary. Above, broadleaf or bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), a common weed of croplands and disturbed…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager It’s the time of year when the farmer is putting up hay: mowing the fields, tedding the hay to help…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager A full day after the hail storm there is still unmelted hail in piles where it washed off the farm…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Wow. This was unlike anything I have ever experienced. Two heavy hailstorms separated by a few minutes of sun. Just…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This is an incredible year for pink lady’s slipper orchids (Cypripedium acaule) at Crow’s Nest Preserve. We don’t have many but…