Reminder from the Calendar of wildonesnativeplants http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/cal Rock River Valley Board Meeting Thursday December 8,...
I have a wet mesic area into which I would like to plant a tall grass to provide a privacy screen. I am thinking of transplanting cordgrass from another area...
Donna, From what I learned from Shannon at Enders Greenhouse and Nygren Wetland, I think you need to kill off the canary reed grass one or two times. As you ...
... grass ... cordgrass ... reed ... is ... canary ... Donna, I have a lot of reed canary grass that I am trying to kill. Waterways through our 80 acres drain...
Thanks for your all your great comments. I put this same question to the IPAW Group E-Net and I wanted to pass one of the Reponses along to you which didn't...
I found several Praying Mantis egg cases in our native planting this fall. I did not get to burn yet so they are still there. Does anyone know when they will...
Dick, We had egg masses at Enders and one was in a tree. I just clipped the stem and hung it in the same position in a safe place. They will hatch in the ...
... the stem ... in the ... would ... back in ... trade one ... this ... anyone ... preserve ... I have 5 egg cases that I know of now. Glad to trade. I had...
Dick, That is odd about the egg case gone missing. The ones at Enders were intact and I could barely tell that the eggs had hatched. The case was still there ...
My message just got wiped out! I'll try again! I have seen praying mantis egg cases offered for sale at various green houses around town. Is there any way to...
... green houses around town. Is there any way to tell if they are raised locally? Are praying mantis prevalent in this area? Will they eat Japanese beetles?...
My daughter just moved to a new house in Janesville, WI. The shrubs in her backyard are greening up and beginning to leaf out!! Now what? I don't know what the...
After RCG developes its seed head it is not to hard to identify. Can anyone give me some pointers on how to identify the young plant? It would be helpful to...
... in ... Ginnie, That is odd. Are the buds actually opening or are they just swollen and green looking? If they are open, I would think that the exposed leaf...
Nice! Worked for my e-mail. -- Donna ... From: wildonesnativeplants@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wildonesnativeplants@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Native Tim Sent:...
Nancy -- I've had a similar experience in the past with lilacs and they've bloomed just fine in the spring. They seem to be very resilient to the cold. --...
Dick -- the best way I know to identify young canary reed plants is simply knowing that they start growing much sooner than native grasses. By the time they...
This can be said for many of the other non-native grasses and that works if you plan on killing all non-native grasses. I did find an interesting Website...
I am rereading Noah's Garden. Sara Stein says "Praying Mantis, an introduced, European species" eats friend and foe alike. Should I be trying to protect my...
Dick, That is an interesting question. I wonder who might know. I Googled and found the following links. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2154.html ...
This is a response that I got from another discussion group. Tim ... Hi, I haven't seen it myself for a while, being in chaparral now, but I recall it being...
The following information came to me second hand from a Biological Resources Specialist, Bureau of Design and Environment for IDOT. "Re praying mantids, the...
Good information Dick. I too intend to keep them around since none of my research shows that they cause damage to the ecosystem. My search on the Internet...
The mantids, preying or praying, might be from another planet the way they turn that triangular head around over their backs and stare you down with unblinking...
Hi, How many of you write letters to legislators or the newspaper about environmental issues? If you do not write them now, would you mind sharing why you do...
Tim -- I do. I prefer to write my own letters rather than a preprinted form letter like you see offered by some organizations sponsoring a coordinated effort...
I keep the numbers for Senators Obama and Durbin and Rep. Manzullo in my speed dial on the cell phone; then when I receive an action alert from EarthJustice,...
