Children are the Product of their Environment
Here's what mine have to say:
Abe (age 9): There's not much more prairie left and we have to try to protect it, so that there will be more prairie and more prairie animals. They are native to the land and are beginning to die off and might go extinct. That would make me feel bad.
Dave (age 8): It's backbreaking manual labor but I go out there 'cause it's fun and I go because we can save more endangered species that usually live in the prairie, plants and animals. I like being a part of the project so I can help save the prairie.
Jack (age 7): Saving the prairie is healthy for you and it's fun. There are bits of prairie left and we want to make it bigger because it saves animals and plants. We want more things to grow. If they died it would make me feel bad because there would be no more left.
posted by Ron @ 4:31 AM
2 Comments:
Ron,
I just found your blog and am enjoying it very much. I have not found many others who also love grasses and identifying and growing them so I am delighted to read of the work at Box Hollow. One of my favorite classes in college long ago was the one on forage grasses, and while they weren't native (and still aren't, of course)I learned something about identifying them. Then when I was working for NRCS and the Game Commission a few years ago promoting the CREP program to farmers in York Co I was back to promoting grasses again. Now I am trying to grow them in my own 1/2 acre and every year I add some more. If I come up towards Penn State, I'll ask for directions to Box Hollow. I look forward to reading more.
Ann Bodling
Ann,
Thanks for your comment. I am happy to show the prairie. If you're planning to be in the area, let me know and I can give you directions and perhaps meet you there. You can visit any time of the year and see at least some of the rarer plants, but of course summer is the time to see things in bloom.
Ron
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