By Bonnie Beers   
November 2020
 
We wanted to create a low-growth meadow in a 3 acre area near our house.  Ever hopeful and loath to use chemical sprays, we decided to give this former hayfield a chance to show its stuff.  The site had been mowed for hay with little improvements for decades, at least.  It was bordered on one side by a small stream and woods border, on a 2nd side by a deeper wood, and on the remaining sides by our driveway and the mowed/planted areas around our house.  Along the woods edges, we found natives like sumac, dogwood, redbud, locust, pine and cedar, and hardwoods.  We also found a patch of ailanthus, a good bit of autumn olive and some encroaching vines like Japanese honeysuckle and oriental bittersweet.

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November, 2020
By Bill Birkhofer
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Are you seriously considering installing a pollinator garden or meadow in the near future? Well, there’s no better time than this fall and winter to select, prepare and plan your site. Following are some thoughts to help you on your way or reinforce what you’re already doing.
 
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