About: Explore prairie lands and find out how you can restore native upland prairie through careful selection of eco-typical seeds. During this field day, you will be led on a prairie seed harvest and have an opportunity to pick, clean, and sort your own prairie seeds to take home.
Featured Speakers:
- Cait Caughey, owner and operator of Mullein Hill Farm
- Lance Brisbois, deputy director of Golden Hills RC&D
Other topics during this field day include:
- Identifying late-season grass and forb species
- Assessing which individual prairie plant specimens are mature for seed harvest
- What to consider in choosing and maintaining a site for restoring your own acreage
- Selecting geographically relevant prairie species based on regional ecotypes
- Cleaning and processing harvested seed
- Post-cleaning seed identification
Participants are asked to bring sturdy, closed-toe shoes, long pants, water, a hat, and work groves.
Refreshments will be provided following the field day event.
Cost: Free
When: Saturday, Oct. 26, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Where: Mullein Hill Farm, 2024 Hillside Ave., Mondamin, Iowa
For more information and to register, click here.
Questions/assistance with registering: Visit practicalfarmers.org/events or call 515.232.5661
The Field Days are hosted by Practical Farmers of Iowa. Learn more about Practical Farms of Iowa here.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Rural Affairs, Golden Hills RC&D, Iowa Farmers Union, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, and Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN).
All events and activities are open to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities and/or persons with limited English proficiency (LEP) will be made if requested in advance.
