Join us for our next Pasture Walk May 29, 2025!

Dig Deeper Blog

Read tips and philosophies on native plants, including articles and videos on wildlife and pollinator habitat, forage and grazing, landscaping with wildflowers, and restoration of prairies, glades, and savannas.

Back to all Blogs & Videos

Tag: Reasons for Diversity

Join Elizabeth Steele for a detailed explanation of how native Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum), may fertilize the growth of surrounding plants.

Nitrogen Fixation by Switchgrass may Promote Diversity Without Fertilizer

Explore the benefits of a diverse native grassland to the birds that live there.

Creating Native Grassland Ecosystems for Ground-Nesting Birds

How Native Plants Improve Rabbit Habitat

Loren and Elizabeth Steele walk though this test field to point out why fescue doesn't grow well with others and what can be done to make a planting like this more successful.

Can I Overseed Natives into my Fescue Pasture?

Colt Hamilton talks about his bull management in July and how he keeps his herd on green and growing grass, even in the current drought.

Silvopasture Forage in the Summer Heat

Turkey populations have been in decline for decades, primarily due to habitat destruction. Elizabeth Steele interviews Frank Loncarich about how to create Turkey habitat by addressing their needs from poult to adult, and how a diversity of native plants can fill those needs.

Where Have All the Turkeys Gone?

Elizabeth Steele and Frank talk about what deer need to survive and thrive all year round, how they interact with their ecosystem, and how you can create inviting habitat that will attract and keep deer.

How to Attract Deer Without Food Plots

A Farmer’s Thoughts on Native Warm Season Grasses For Hay

How Native Grass Diversity Creates Quail Nesting Habitat

Rex Hamilton, the founder of Hamilton Native Outpost and now passed, gives his experience of and the introduction of fescue into Missouri, and it's disadvantages.

Why Did Fescue Replace Native Plants?

Why I Use Native Forbs In My Winter Stockpile

Stockpiled Native Cool Season Grasses in a Eastern Gama Grass Field

Subscribe to our blog

Receive monthly emails with our latest native plant articles and videos.

Connect

Customer Service: 417-967-2190
Toll-Free: (888) 967-2190

natives@hamiltonnativeoutpost.com

16786 Brown Rd
Elk Creek, MO 65464

Find out more

Customer account
Request a quote
Tax exemption
Seed catalog
Planting timelines
Planting methods
Plant uses
Drone Seeder
Resources
Directions

Dig Deeper Newsletter

Receive monthly updates on habitats, forage, landscaping, restoration, and more.