May 2 - 3, 2010 - Conservation Reserve Program Begins


Dan looks at home in his camo




Dan enters Covo Hills Farm into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) this spring as a way to attract wildlife, mainly turkeys and pheasants, for hunting. CRP grasses, shrubs and trees are native prairie species that once thrived in the Midwest and give wildlife areas to rest, feed and take cover from predators.

Scott Schaffer is our Department of National Resources (DNR) contact. He's the expert who plans and helps us with planting grasses, burning fields and getting some of the bare root trees for free. Woodland Forestry sprays for weeds and plants grasses and trees for us. 






Ladder looks a little precarious up there





A new purchase this year is scaffolding found on   Craig's list and purchased from a defunct clothing boutique in downtown Chicago.  Every season, the owner had artists paint full wall murals that accented her new clothing designs. They will greatly aid in insulating, drywalling and painting  the soaring front wall.














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