A Backyard Prairie: The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers

by James L Ellis and Fred Delcomyn

All the makings of natural wonder in your backyard

In 2003 Fred Delcomyn imagined his backyard of two and a half acres, farmed for corn and soybeans for generations, restored to tallgrass prairie. Over the next seventeen years, Delcomyn, with help from his friend James L. Ellis scored, seeded, monitored, reseeded, and burned these acres into prairie. In A Backyard Prairie, they document their journey and reveal the incredible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809338181
• ISBN13: 9780809338184
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 8.4"