Cloudy skies, “I think this plant is still alive…” and Puppies! – A Plateau AgResearch Tale3/18/2020 One of four Feed A Bee sites is located in Crossville, TN. at the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center. It’s about 90 miles west of Knoxville and features two of our research sites each representing mixed-use agriculture and cattle forage. The Plateau is most well known for its cattle research (where all of our cow pictures are taken) and horticulture outreach. They’ve got a little bit of everything, trust me. The plants in our Feed A Bee study are perennials, so theoretically they should come back on their own each year for a few years, but Crossville is the land of temperature extremes and early/late frosts. Dr. Russo and I made the trek to get an idea of how many plants survived and to give the plot a bit of TLC with a bit of compost and mulch. It’s inspiring how resilient our native perennials truly are. From left to right- The cows, as promised, the hardworking Dr. Russo, our cool borrowed ride for the day, and one of our plots with Cumberland Rosemary looking good and strong! Inexplicably, we were attacked by vicious puppies demanding love while applying weed cloth to the perimeter of one of the plots. This plot will forever be known as "Puppy Plot". We also were gifted Plateau AgResearch hats by Research Director and savior, Walt Hitch. It was a good day.
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