Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Winter Adieu

The Berry Prairie has been dormant for a while now, as a result of cooler temperatures and very little precip (we still only have 6.86" for the year!  That's down approx. 5" from our average - learn more).

So despite the warmish weather we're experiencing (54.5 degrees F right now!), we'll bid you adieu for the winter.  Check back in the spring when plants start to awaken - are you as curious as we are to see what will survive the winter, after this hectic and stressful growing season?

Maybe the green roof will look something like this:


Hopefully the roof won't look something like this:


Though ideally, it will more likely look something like this:



Stay tuned!

Written by Brenna Wanous Marsicek