prairie landscapes

Iowa Public Radio: Prairie home companions: Why more farmers are planting native landscapes in their crop fields Prairie home companions: Why more farmers are planting native landscapes in their crop fields Lee Tesdell stands in a prairie strip on his farm near Slater, Iowa. He grows alfalfa and Kernza, a perennial grain, raises sheep and cash rents to a neighbor who grows corn and soybeans. Over the ...

Understanding the Context

KCRG on MSN: Iowa State University research links pollinators and prairie plants in creating biodiversity Iowa State University research links pollinators and prairie plants in creating biodiversity Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ... IOWA CITY– Prepare to be inspired to take action at the Johnson County Heritage Trust's 28th annual Prairie Preview, to be held Tuesday, , at Parkview Evangelical Free Church, 15 Foster ... The nasty drought of 2021 wasn’t the region’s first and it likely won’t be the last.