This morning I planted a black willow tree that was donated by friends of the sanctuary, Rocky and Lucinda. We add it to our collection of various types of willows on our land, most of which are the shrub variety. black willow Willow catkins are one of the earliest sources of food in the spring for pollinators. Willows also help clean the ground water, provide wonderful materials for crafting, and of course bring ...
We got a lot done on our outhouse project this past Saturday! The materials on the left in the photo above were all donated to us by Bill Campbell, who teaches construction and engineering classes at the Saline High School. These were some leftover materials from his classes that were going to be discarded, but he snagged them for us instead!The base of the outhouse finished. It's bigger than it looks in the photo. The finished base with floor... ...
Photo by Brennah Cavanaugh Photography LLCAnother wildflower currently blossoming at Crossing Hedgerows is our white Virginia Bluebells. This plant was given to us by our friend Gary Urick, along with the Aconite which was mentioned in a previous post. According to the University of Wisconsin Horticulture, regarding Virginia Bluebells: "It is considered threatened in its native range, primarily because of habitat destruction and the prevention of natural flooding of rivers, and is increasingly found only in isolated locations." "The flowers ...