This unique seed-throwing grass plays an important role in rebuilding damaged shortgrass prairie.
Category: The Sunflower State
Buffalo Grass
This native of the shortgrass prairie holds great potential for low-maintenance lawns in dry climates.
Heat Index Calculator
Here’s a fun tool for summer—a heat index calculator! While most reports of current weather conditions out there will list the current heat index, for those of you obsessed with data, this is an easy way to figure it out yourself: Enter your current temperature (must be 80°F or higher to work). Enter your relative…
Smooth Brome
This cool-season grass can be a boon in the pasture or a bane in a wildlife planting.
Kansas Populist Movement Basics: The End
Populist candidate James Weaver did not become president in 1892, as most undoubtedly know. However, he did win 8.5% of the popular vote, which was considered an impressive amount for a third-party candidate. He also won the states of Kansas, Colorado, Nevada, and Idaho. The Populist movement was far more successful in some states than…
Kentucky Bluegrass
In cool, moist climates, few plants make better forage or turf than Kentucky bluegrass.
Kansas Populist Movement Basics: The Beginning
The Populist movement of the late 1800s is a major topic in Kansas history. A brief glance at history books tells us that the populism of that era was more or less radical agrarianism. While this is basically true, the topic is far more complex than this. What did the Populists believe? How did they…
Silver Bluestem
Attractive ornamental or pesky pasture invader? Silver bluestem excels in both roles.
Benjamin Franklin, Storm Chaser
This Founding Father was also the father of tornado pursuit.
Little Bluestem
Its wide distribution and importance to the prairie ecosystem have made little bluestem the state grass of Kansas.
