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Before European-American settlement, various cultures of Indigenous peoples of the Americas lived in the region. The pre-colonization state of the Bluegrass is poorly known, but it is thought to have been a type of savannah known as oak savanna, with open grassland containing clover, giant river cane (a type of bamboo), and scattered enormous trees, primarily bur oak, blue ash, Shumard's oak ...
Since the 1950s and early 1960s, 90% of Kentucky bluegrass seed in the United States has been produced on specialist farms in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. During the 1990s [citation needed] botanists began experimenting with hybrids of Poa pratensis and Texas bluegrass (P. arachnifera), with the goal of creating a drought and heat-resistant ...
Temperatures in Kentucky usually range from daytime summer highs of 87 °F (31 °C) to the winter low of 23 °F (−5 °C). The average precipitation is 46 inches (1,200 mm) a year. [ 6 ] Kentucky has four distinct seasons, with substantial variations in the severity of summer and winter. [ 7 ]
WHAT: Kick-off Bourbon Heritage Month at Michter's Speakeasy. At this Prohibition-Era party, enjoy cocktails by Michter's Distillery, live jazz with Louisville’s Derby City Dandies, and hors d ...
Louisville baseball hosts No. 8 Kentucky in the 115th Battle of the Bluegrass. The game will be a homecoming for a former St. Xavier High School star.
During the 1990s, botanists began experimenting with producing hybrids of Texas bluegrass and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) for use as wintering foraging plant for grazing livestock [citation needed] and as a drought-resistant lawn grass. The hybrids appear similar to Kentucky bluegrass, but maintain their green color in higher ...
The Kentucky Bluegrass AllStars are a group of music students who take lessons at the museum. The Video Oral History Project (VOHP) – videotapes the elderly first generation of bluegrass musicians. Bluegrass in the Schools (BITS) – puts instruments into the hands of students and teachers in elementary schools in Daviess County, Kentucky. [1]
From 1992 to 2022, NWS reported monthly climate temperatures in Louisville for September, October and November averaged 71, 60 and 48, respectively. Story continues after gallery. Old Farmer's ...