Last week Matt and Duncan burned a patch of the bluff top area that overlooks Hillers Creek. So Henry and I were able to scatter new seed there on a cold, snow-spitting day. (The kind of snow that feels like needles on your eyeballs when you’re driving in an open vehicle.)Yellow coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa) was in the mix and should do well on this glade-like, sandstone ridge. We had already scattered seeds in the adjacent area that we call “The Savanna.” This is really all part of the same but is on the more south-facing side. It was covered with St. John’s wort last year. Small cedars were starting to invade again since it has been more than 5 years since Will Marshall cut many cedars off it and removed old fencing—so the burn should help in keeping it open for more flowers.