Plant life is flourishing, and wildlife is active in the summertime. The season for fruit collecting begins every late-June until mid-September. Prior to collecting, the nursery employees scout for suitable locations nearby to gather fruit for cleaning, processing and storing the seeds. We must act...
After almost five months of working as a Resource Assistant at Bessey Nursery, I am quickly realizing there is no typical day here on the sandhills. During this summer, the weather has remained fairly hot and with long hours of sunlight. This has made it...
The sun is beaming, the air is dry, and the heat is stifling on this summer morning. I look forward to the cool breeze as the 7:30 train rattles the tracks and the steam trumpet echoes throughout the Sandhills, announcing the engine’s presence. As I...
Bessey Nursery Site Video Land Acknowledgment: Halsey, Nebraska is native to the Cheyenne, Oceti Sakowin, and Pari (Pawnee) tribes. The land was later claimed by early western settlers in the 18th Century, who formed small communities structured by farming and Christianity. Paying homage to the ancestral...