That sure looks like fun, Dan!
I have a bit of a soft spot for growing native plants as well. Before I moved I had big plans to plant a bunch of elderberries along the perimeter of the yard to give some privacy. I was also going to put in a small patch of native wildflowers to attract pollinators.
I was also planning to plant some stuff that didn't grow natively but people don't usually see around eastern Wisconsin. Blueberries, lingonberries, and I recently became interested in jostaberries. Unfortunately I will have to scale back now that we're going to have a smaller yard, but I've still got some crazy ideas in mind. Hopefully I can take a bramble of wild raspberry from my parents' place and transplant it over here as well.
Dan, your project also brings to mind when my brother-in-law, who was a professor at a small college with expensive tuition, got a class to go clean up a local wetland area. Town kids who had never done that kind of work were a little surprised when he told them to take care of a dead, bloated possum or raccoon they found that day.
I have a bit of a soft spot for growing native plants as well. Before I moved I had big plans to plant a bunch of elderberries along the perimeter of the yard to give some privacy. I was also going to put in a small patch of native wildflowers to attract pollinators.
I was also planning to plant some stuff that didn't grow natively but people don't usually see around eastern Wisconsin. Blueberries, lingonberries, and I recently became interested in jostaberries. Unfortunately I will have to scale back now that we're going to have a smaller yard, but I've still got some crazy ideas in mind. Hopefully I can take a bramble of wild raspberry from my parents' place and transplant it over here as well.
Dan, your project also brings to mind when my brother-in-law, who was a professor at a small college with expensive tuition, got a class to go clean up a local wetland area. Town kids who had never done that kind of work were a little surprised when he told them to take care of a dead, bloated possum or raccoon they found that day.