We solarized and then seeded natives mixes from Prairie moon. Interestingly, we did not plant any clover. Apparently it was pretty resistant to the solarizing, so now we get a bunch of clover before the native plants grow up larger.
Some areas didn't solarize as well and still have a lot of grass, so I'm adding wild strawberry and violet to those areas. We string trimmed it once this spring, left the tall stems up all winter.
by Parking_Low248
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Northeastern PA, 5b/6a. Rudbeckia, tickseed, mountain mint, wild strawberry, violets, yarrow, self heal.
I bet that hillside is teaming with life
That mountain mint is like crack. I’ve seen insects I didn’t even know existed in our area. Gonna have to get more
If the pollinators were on reddit this would have 800 quadrillion up votes. Unfortunately I don’t think they are, so you’ll have to settle for my 1
It’s so beautiful. Reminds me of my childhood, when that’s just what well-tended open spaces looked like.