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service berry - good food for wildlife and people
Red eyed Vireo nest
spring hay mulch strip
fruit tree grafting - photo by Mark Young
Hay mulch garden in Far Northern WI where there is pure sand soil
mulch garden over parking area (amazing)
8 foot tomato plant with mulch over compact gravel parking area photo by Barbara Scheiffer
more apple tree grafting, photo by Mark Young
Hay mulch garden from scratch, newspaper should be at least 8 ply thick
newspaper will work as a weed barrier as long as there are no course or aggressive weeds to smother out
Wet the newspaper so it won't blow away and is easier to work with, most news print is soy ink
A wheel borrow or 5 gall bucket works well to soak the paper before application
Amazing results
amazing results
more amazing results
more amazing results
If you could only know how easy this is to create and maintain
flower beds love mulch
Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed
Great Spangled fruitillary
amazing results with hay mulch
landscaping with hay mulch
Hummingbird moth on Swamp Milkweed
Native pollinator on Mexican Sunflower
bleeding hearts
scything first crop of mulch hay
scything first crop
Cardboard works well as a weed barrier if there are tough weeds like dandelion and quack grass. This only needs to be done the first year.
Trying for Purple Martins at Genoa Fish Hatchery
New Screech Owl box
New Screech Owl box
Cold frame in spring
Home made cold frame
Two chambered flat wall bat box
Two chambered rocket box nursery bat houses - fresh off the line
Two chambered rocket box bat house in construction
Raspberries like hay mulch too
Experimental A frame sparrow safe bluebird house (they enter from the bottom on both ends
inside of A frame bluebird house, bluebirds enter from both ends - nest box is shallow for easy exit
Other sparrow safe bluebird house designs that have shown promise
large two chambered bat houses to sell to bat enthusiasts.
these are nursery houses that could hold hundreds of bats.
wood duck boxes
They bolt to "T" posts from the back
before pruning
after pruning
before pruning
after pruning
before pruning
after pruning
before pruning
after pruning
Chipping Sparrow nest in Red Cedar hedge
Chipping Sparrow Nest in Red Cedar hedge
Song Sparrow nest in hay mulched garden