Turning Old Nursery into a 7-ACRE NATIVE "INSECT" MEADOW — Ep. 077

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When we saw the vestiges of an old plant nursery in a 7-acre area below the future common house, we thought: "How are we going to manage this?" The first idea that came to mind that stuck was a native, "insect" meadow. No, not just a pollinator meadow—but an insect meadow. Let's choose plants that are not only beautiful throughout the seasons—but that that also feed larval stages of native insects to promote more ecosystem health and native and migratory bird populations. That's what we went with—save for a few exceptions.

A meadow also seemed like the best bet because we didn't want to block the views of the the common house and future homes. The top area of the meadow looks out over distant views of the valleys, so we would want to maintain that. Of course, putting in and establishing a meadow is easier said than done, so have to admit, it's taken a lot of work, and we won't know what comes from it for years to come.

Video is brought to you by American Meadows, https://www.americanmeadows.com, which we worked with to source the majority of our meadow seeds.

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