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ysabetwordsmithName: ysabetwordsmith
Location: Central Illinois. It used to be Zone 5b and is now Zone 6a. Some of the changes are dramatic.
Lot size: About 2 acres of rural territory. The yard by the house and south lot are mostly lawn. The streetside yard is forest. There's a savanna on the far side of the driveway, and then the prairiegarden. The ritual meadow and the orchard are toward the back. Nearby we have Fox Ridge State Park, which is lovely to drive through or stop for a hike or picnic. Grand Prairie Friends protects hundreds of acres of wildlife refuge ranging from restored prairie to upland forest and riverbottom land; members can visit whenever we like, and there's a river route that makes a very nice hike. Last summer our air conditioning broke, so we drove around a lot; I was surprised by how many farmers have put in prairie plots. Most were just 1-2 acres but the biggest were probably 10+ acres full of coneflowers, Queen Anne's lace, bluestem grass, meadowlarks, and goldfinches. Just today we went for a drive through some forested areas that my partner stumbled across the other night after missing a turn.
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ysabetwordsmith Location: Central Illinois. It used to be Zone 5b and is now Zone 6a. Some of the changes are dramatic.
Lot size: About 2 acres of rural territory. The yard by the house and south lot are mostly lawn. The streetside yard is forest. There's a savanna on the far side of the driveway, and then the prairiegarden. The ritual meadow and the orchard are toward the back. Nearby we have Fox Ridge State Park, which is lovely to drive through or stop for a hike or picnic. Grand Prairie Friends protects hundreds of acres of wildlife refuge ranging from restored prairie to upland forest and riverbottom land; members can visit whenever we like, and there's a river route that makes a very nice hike. Last summer our air conditioning broke, so we drove around a lot; I was surprised by how many farmers have put in prairie plots. Most were just 1-2 acres but the biggest were probably 10+ acres full of coneflowers, Queen Anne's lace, bluestem grass, meadowlarks, and goldfinches. Just today we went for a drive through some forested areas that my partner stumbled across the other night after missing a turn.
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