Spring Maintenance for your Native Planting How to care for your native planting in the spring Caring for native plantings is much easier than traditional landscaping! Here is some advice for how to wake your native garden up for the spring in a way that is wildlife friendly!
Weed Suppressant Mat
Weed Suppressant Mat (WSM) is a wood mat comprised of recycled wood from northern Minnesota. Our mat is a one-step product for weed suppression and mulching protection. It is a strong, flexible mat that reduces rain impact and slowly releases moisture into the soil while inhibiting growth of weedy plants underneath. Because of its ability to suppress growth, our WSM …
MNL Bee Lawn Factsheet
Seeding and Maintenance tips for bee lawn installations Getting Started: New Lawn: Starting with bare soil: Rake seeding area, sprinkle seeds slowly and evenly, lightly rake again, water with approximately 1” of water. Water regularly during the establishment period, or until the bee lawn has matured. Setting Back Existing Lawn: Set your mower deck as low as it can go to …
Specialist Bees and Native Plants – By Guest Author, Heather Holm
This article was written by Heather Holm, photos also provided by Heather Holm. Learn more about Heather and her work here. While the most famous insect specialist that visits our gardens is the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), as many as 25% of native bee species in a particular region in the United States are specialists. That is an astounding figure …
What is a Pollinator Mix?
A pollinator seed mix is a wonderful way to get started with adding more native plants to your yard! Planting a pollinator seed mix adds more flowers for you to enjoy, while creating more habitat for our beloved pollinator species at the same time! Pollinators are anything that helps carry pollen from one part of a flower to …
Frost Seeding
By: Blaine Keller – MNL Bluestem Farm Site Lead Just because its cold and we have snow on the ground does not mean we cannot perform native seeding! Frost seeding done January through March in our area (the upper Midwest) is a fantastic way to extend the seeding window taking advantage of several factors specific to our native seeds and …
Project Planning – How-to Seed and Plant your project
Are you considering starting a new space with local origin native seed or plants?! Or converting an existing garden or open space? We know getting started can be the hardest part! MNL’s team has put together this short video with advice for preparing, planting, and beyond. Still need help? You can always reach us at info@mnlcorp.com or on …
25 years of Minnesota Native Landscapes (MNL)
It feels like just yesterday that we sat down to write a short blog highlighting MNL’s milestone of 20 years in business. A lot has changed in the past 5 years, but so much is still the same! We now go by “MNL” in addition to our traditional company name of Minnesota Native Landscapes. Our staff has grown, but …
MNL Buckthorn Removal
From MNL’s Vegetation Management team: Buckthorn invasions can vary from small and sparse to large and overwhelming. The first step in a buckthorn battle is devising a plan of attack. We want to know the goal of the restoration area first. Are we trying to achieve an oak savannah, a diverse woodland, or a ballfield for the community baseball team? …
Why Choose Native Plants?
In addition to looking great and performing exceptionally well across the landscape of the upper Midwest, local-origin native species also provide a long list of ecosystem benefits. We’ve summarized a few of our favorite benefits here to stress the importance of restoring native vegetation in open spaces, park land, and beyond. Improved Infiltration – Native plant roots are incredibly good …