A Backyard Prairie - The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers (Paperback)

All the makings of natural wonder in your backyard In 2003 Fred Delcomyn imagined his backyard of two and a half acres, farmed for corn and soybeans for generations, restored to tallgrass prairie. Over the next seventeen years, Delcomyn, with help from his friend James L. Ellis scored, seeded, monitored, reseeded, and burned these acres into prairie. In A Backyard Prairie, they document their journey and reveal the incredible potential of a backyard to travel back to a time before the wild prairie was put into plow rows. It has been said, 'Anyone can love the mountains, but it takes a soul to love the prairie.' This book shows us how. The first book to celebrate a smaller, more private restoration, A Backyard Prairie offers a vivid portrait of what makes a prairie. Delcomyn and Ellis describe selecting and planting seeds, recount the management of a prescribed fire, and capture the prairie's seasonal parades of colorful flowers in concert with an ever-growing variety of animals, from the minute eastern tailed-blue butterfly to the imperious red-winged blackbird and the reclusive coyote. This book offers a unique account of their work and their discovery of a real backyard, an inviting island of grass and flowers uncovered and revealed. We often travel miles and miles to find nature larger than ourselves. In this rich account of small prairie restoration, Delcomyn and Ellis encourage the revival of original prairie in our backyards and the patient, beauty-seeking soul sleeping within ourselves.

General

Imprint:	Southern Illinois University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	Fred Delcomyn • James L. Ellis
Dimensions:	216 x 13mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-8093-3818-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Plant life: general > General
LSN:	0-8093-3818-1
Barcode:	9780809338184

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