When I bought my property, the field consisted mainly of smooth broom; a cool season non-native grass. The goal, with future intervention, was to restore it to its native prairie grasses and flowers.
Brief Plan
Brief Description of what we did
- Further assessment by my property manager/project manager to evaluate the success of the project
- This was accomplished by a controlled burn, year one, to allow flowering plants the chance to grow before grass
- Second year we burned again after determining a good existing seed bank for Forb diversity
- Native Prairie grass were then drilled into the existing seed-bank
- A Third prescribed burn is planned
- Further assessment by my property manager/project manager to evaluate the success of the project