Region
Northeast MN
City
Aurora
Project Type(s)
Pocket Planting, Native Trees and Shrubs, Pollinator Meadow, Rain Garden, Pollinator Lawn
Template(s) Used
None
Site Conditions
Full Sun, Part Sun
Gardener Name
Adam Heikkila
Gardener Comments
Mostly clay soils, high weed pressure from old hay fields. Invasive species are no joke. Predation from voles and deer are also a continuous problem. I have been trying to reintroduce native plants for over ten years now in my wildlife rehabilitation areas and it really makes me appreciate a pristine, high quality, biodiverse environment. Once an ecosystem is contaminated with non native plants and invasive species it is extremely difficult to return it back to a healthy productive state. Even though I still constantly battle invasive species and overpopulation of deer, reintroduction of native plants has substantially increased the biodiversity on the property where I live.
Wildlife Observed
Deer, voles, foxes, birds, bats, too many pollinators and other insects to name.
