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      <image:caption>Dixie hunting in the 2017 planted prairie for mice (or deer poop to roll in). Rudbeckia hirta (Black eyed susan) are often included in seed mixes because they bloom so early.  They are a sign that our planting was successful, even though we don't see much else.  Look closely - you'll see many in this photo. The little splashes of color are a welcome sign that our efforts were successful.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Fourth of July blooms</image:title>
      <image:caption>A moth and a honey bee fell victim to the sticky pollinia - trapped by the plant's pollen packets, they died in the blossom.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rudbeckia hirta - lots of mare's tale, but it isn't thick enough to crowd our seedlings.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Seeds and plugs - ready to go in!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Finally!  Planting the wetland</image:title>
      <image:caption>The mix of the wetland seeds - hardly any grasses - mostly sedges, so it looked much different from the dry site mix.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Finally!  Planting the wetland</image:title>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Finally!  Planting the wetland</image:title>
      <image:caption>There were two acres of dry mix left to do - they were accidentally planted in corn last year. I like that we have planted in patches - we may have different things thrive.  We used the spreader on the surface again, and then came back over it with the cultipacker to flatten it, and push the seeds in.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pork chop the doggo got too hot, and snuck away to go swim in Orchard creek - he thinks he is being sneaky here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We didn't plant common milkweed, because I knew it would come in - what a great volunteer!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The first load of mating nucs headed to the field!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The stands - awaiting their nucs.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The nucs up and ready for cells!  The green part behind is wetland that is part of the restoration.  Frustratingly wet still - no planting date set.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - It worked!  (kind of)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Monarda fisulosa, right?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - The wetland is still a wet land.</image:title>
      <image:caption>About chest high on a doggo.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Winter update: The best laid plans....</image:title>
      <image:caption>Too much corn stubble to spread seed through - one more disc/ soil prep before we spread the seeds in this section of the dry prairie site.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our wetland is a little too wet right now.  Ducks love to land here, and the dogs love to race through it (note the crazed animals in the upper right).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Spraying the wetland</image:title>
      <image:caption>Adding water to the tank - getting ready to face the reed canary grass.  It has been so warm that everything is still green and growing, into November.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Planting the Sand Hill</image:title>
      <image:caption>View of the cultipacker through the tractor rear window.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Planting the Sand Hill</image:title>
      <image:caption>$6000 of prairie seeds doesn't look that impressive....</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Planting the Sand Hill</image:title>
      <image:caption>Loading up the oats.  We just used bin oats, and calculated about a bushel / acre.   The oats are to hold the soil and act as cover while the prairie seeds put down roots.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Planting the Sand Hill</image:title>
      <image:caption>Planting the oats using the spreader.   You can see just how sandy the soil is in this parcel.  The dogs, though enthusiastic, were not helpful during this process at all.  The wetland (not yet planted) is visible in the background.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Seed oats planted.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Many different types and sizes of seeds.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Planting the Sand Hill</image:title>
      <image:caption>We planted half of the seeds going north-south, mixed them in the hopper, and then spread them again going east west.   We wanted to make sure that all the heavy ones didn't end up in part of the field, and that the plants would be evenly spread.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - Planting the Sand Hill</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hooking up the cultipacker.  We ran it over the field again after we spread all the seeds.   We did it just to drive them just a bit into the ground so that they didn't blow away.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Planting is done.  Time to play ball!</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2016-04-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Pollinator Habitat Restoration - The Pollinators are coming!</image:title>
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      <image:caption>The modified set up in 2025 - The three way splitter allows me to use all the burners on cold days, and only 1 to maintain heat on hot days. I use a 100lb propane tank.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drone brood is easy to remove if you put a medium frame in a deep box. Photo by Janet Brisson</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drone brood removal frame commonly used in Sweden. This colony is obviously sick, but you can still see that they remove one half at a time. It seemed to work, but I don’t need yet another project in the wood shop, so I’m probably not going to use this method.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Here is another perfectly good way to transport multiple cells. The milk jug was filled with hot water from the tap, and we were able to transport dozens of cells safely in the pine needles.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Good queen cell placement. Photo by Melissa Holohan</image:caption>
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