The air temperature in Hoffman, MN this weekend got down to -20°F (-29°C). The Echinacea roots are surely a little bit warmer. Here are a few photos to help remember the warmth of last summer and get us thinking about the spring.
- Happiness!
- Rare sight! This plant hasn’t begun flowering yet!
- The delicious food cooked by various members of the team
- Happy to be finished with a full day of work!
- Happiness!
- Done flagging the hybrid plot!
- Amy is excited to bag heads at landfill!
- Danny’s bouquet
- One of our Halictid friends visits a flower. I see style shriveling in this plants future
- A cozy home for a bold caterpillar
- Team Echinacea 2015: Danny, Matt, Ben, Will, Gina, Taylor, Lea, Amy, Katherine, Ali, Abby
- Small ray florets at Riley. straight surrounding the purple center of the head.
- Using GPS to stake Echinacea plants!


