Saturday July 4, Ashburn Prairie, Marquette Park
Joe went off the reservation on this day, going to Ashburn Prairie in Marquette Park, Chicago. This is a rescue/restoration Joe did many years ago, moving plugs of plants from a prairie in the Ashburn neighborhood that was being 'developed' (that's a word that sometimes can be a synonym for "destroyed") to a site in Marquette Park.
Volunteers cut gray dogwood and hawthorn that were encroaching on the prairie, on yet another in a succession of warm sunny days. Summer on the prairie is often a challenge due to the lack of shade, yet, much of the work that needs to be done in the summer is right there on those prairies.
Joe went off the reservation on this day, going to Ashburn Prairie in Marquette Park, Chicago. This is a rescue/restoration Joe did many years ago, moving plugs of plants from a prairie in the Ashburn neighborhood that was being 'developed' (that's a word that sometimes can be a synonym for "destroyed") to a site in Marquette Park.
Volunteers cut gray dogwood and hawthorn that were encroaching on the prairie, on yet another in a succession of warm sunny days. Summer on the prairie is often a challenge due to the lack of shade, yet, much of the work that needs to be done in the summer is right there on those prairies.
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