JB's Native Garden🎃🍂

Wisconsin Native Plant Gardener (3300+ sq. ft., 100+ species), Habitat Enthusiast, & Casual Nature Photographer. PLEASE help wildlife by planting native plants!

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Still hard to believe there was a time when I didn't have this in my backyard. It was all empty lawn... But even harder to believe most people still don't.

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Little bluestem-covered dunes between Lake Michigan and the Point Beach State Forest.

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Fall colors at Hawthorn Hollow.

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I was at Hawthorn Hollow today while they were setting up for their Spooky Hollow event.

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Sunrise over Lake Michigan

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Common milkweed seed pods on the dunes along Lake Michigan in the Point Beach State Forest just before sunrise.

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Just got home after spending the last five days camping in the Point Beach State Forest. Always a great time!

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I made a yellow garden spider coaster based on a photo I took of one last month in the Smolenski park prairie restoration.

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I wonder if this newly opened up understory will be seeded with native woodland species.

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Buckthorn was removed from the wooded strip at the Smolenski park prairie restoration entrance trail this week. It may just be a small space, but this particular section of the park is popular with migrating songbirds and the removal of invasives here is a big deal!

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Silver maple

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The native garden is fading fast, but a little fall color is starting to show.

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My row of New England aster.

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I've waited so many years to see a snake in my yard after I installed my native plant gardens. It finally happened! A plains garter snake was on my patio near my garden pond!

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This morning's warm autumn hike.

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Bumble bee on Drummond's aster.

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Here's a skyward shot of a striped saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea darwini) in our front yard garden! #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #wildlifephotography #photographylovers

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A little bit of fall color across Honey Creek on my way into the Burlington Fly In this morning.

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Cabbage white on New England aster.

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Milkweed at Hawthorn Hollow.