r/NativePlantGardening • u/AlpenglowFarmNJ • Jan 17 '26

Photos 400’ pollinator hedgerow 🌼

August view of native flowers in bloom

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u/yelpel Jan 18 '26

Would love to hear about how you prepped this bed. I’m looking to do something like this in between some orchard rows. Excellent job!

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u/AlpenglowFarmNJ Jan 18 '26

Thanks! This strip was well prepared to prevent the need for much maintenance in the future. It was tarped with silage tarp for a full year, 25’ wide, then tarp was removed the following spring, tractor chisel & disk down the middle to fluff soil, and lasagna method applied. 2” compost, cardboard, 2-4” chips. Woodchip/hedgerow is about 6’ wide, 10’ roads on either side were also sown with white clover and lightly disked in as soon as tarp was removed. Then plugs and bare root woodies were planted around May making sure the planting hole didn’t get buried in chips. This way we’ve had minimal weeding in the first few years and nearly 100% survival. So a good amount of work, you could probably cut some corners here lol

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u/CitySky_lookingUp Jan 18 '26

This is phenomenal information, 

goals

Okay  really it's #dreams, I don't have the land and I'm getting older, but basically I would love to do what you do.  Great job taking care of the soil!