Ep. 349 - A Prairie at Home

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What would you rather have for a backyard, an industrial ag field or your own homegrown patch of prairie? For entomologist Fred Delcomyn, the choice was simple. Converting your yard into a functional prairie requires attention to detail and a fair amount of patience, but the rewards are endless. Joining us to talk about these efforts is botanist Jamie Ellis who, together with Fred, have published a wonderful book called "A Backyard Prairie: The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers" about their efforts to bring back a small patch of prairie. Join us for a fun discussion about this process and learn about all the joy and wonder that come with it! This episode was produced in part by Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.5	IndefensiblePlants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week? I'm doing great because my friend and prescribed fire mentor, Jamie Ellis, is joining us again on the podcast. If you've been listening to In Defensive Plants for a very long time. You'll recognize Jamie from a very early
0:21.1	episode about seed collection on a remnant prairie, which he mentions during this episode. But today,
0:25.9	he's here to talk to us about a book that he has published alongside his colleague, Fred Delcomen,
0:31.4	called A Backyard Prairie, the Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers. It's all about
0:36.0	creating a prairie from an agricultural field
0:38.6	in someone's backyard. It's not necessarily a prescriptive book, but it details the trials,
0:43.5	tribulations, and rewards of restoring native landscapes, especially when you get to spend time
0:50.1	enjoying them in your own backyard. So I don't want to take any more time from this conversation.
0:55.6	Let's just jump right into it.
0:56.9	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Jamie Ellis.
0:59.9	I hope you enjoy.
1:27.6	All right, Jamie Ellis, welcome back to the podcast. It has been a really long time since we last heard from you. It's so great to have you back on. I'm really excited to talk to you today. But for everyone that hasn't listened to the entire bat catalog of this podcast, how about we start off with an intro? Tell us a little bit about who you are and what it is you do.
1:33.0	Hi, man. Thanks for having me on. My name is Jamie Ellis. I currently work as the Natural Area's
1:40.6	coordinator for the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
1:45.0	And that means I am responsible for management and maintenance and I coordinate access for teaching and research for about a thousand acres of property at about 10 sites for the university.
1:59.0	That is mostly forested.
2:01.7	There is some, some grassland and prairie managed areas.
2:06.4	And it's been set aside really for teaching and research within the university community.
2:13.1	And as a resource for, you know, for other researchers and instructors, mostly in the biological,
2:18.6	ecological sciences, but there have been some, you know, writing in arts and other,
2:23.9	other folks who utilize the areas as, as well. And I get assisted by one person. And so that's,
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