<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Just making sure you all received this. —dawn<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Mark Krivchenia <mark.krivchenia@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> March 19, 2023 at 9:17:47 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> undisclosed-recipients:;<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Seed Sowing--Middle Island: Monday 10AM-Noon; Tuesday 1-3PM; Wednesday 3PM-5PM</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><div class="gmail_default">Dear Friends of the Ohio River Islands,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We are sowing native seeds on Middle Island along the entrance road we cleared of invasive brush over the past year. These areas will get new sunlight and we want native plants to take advantage of this.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We made great progress last week, but we need to get the rest of this seed into the ground ASAP. So <b><u>three</u></b> seed-sowing workdays this week: </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Monday: 10AM-Noon</div><div class="gmail_default">Tuesday: 1-3PM</div><div class="gmail_default">Wednesday: 3PM-5PM </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">This is easy, fun work. We will rake areas where we have cleared to bare soil, sow seeds and then lightly rake it again. Hopefully nature will do the rest. Rain is forecast for later in the week to water the plantings!<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">This seed mix is a hardy woodland edge seed mix of native grasses and flowering plants (forbs) that hopefully can gain a toehold in the "edge" ecosystem. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Contact me if you have any questions. <b><u>Bring a rake if you have one (sturdy rake--not a leaf rake). </u></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Mark K. 224.545.1604</div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Mark Krivchenia</div><div style="font-size:small">Broughton Nature Preserve, Steward</div><div style="font-size:small">Friends of the Ohio River Islands, Board Member</div><div style="font-size:small">Society of Ecological Restoration, Midwest Great Lakes Chapter, Board Member</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><font color="#222222" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">"All flourishing is mutual." (</span></font><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Robin Kimmerer from</span><i style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> "Braiding Sweetgrass")</i><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></font></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-</span><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></i></div></div></div></div>
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