My efforts are very limited compared to others! We have had to clear land to put in seedling beds. Here are some pictures of my newest seedling beds in the newly cleared area . I also have two in my back area. The back area was cleared a few years ago, and we have a veggie garden back there, two beds with named daylily cultivars and two seedling beds. One seedling bed in the back was planted in 2017 and one in 2016.
We cleared an area in front of the house in the winter of 2017 and so far have put three seedling beds in the newly cleared area. This area was a pine plantation and the pines were planted about 6 feet apart, so the beds are put in between the stumps. Pine rots fairly quickly, and already the root are decaying, and can be removed.
This shows the three beds that have been put in so far.
This bed was planted in June 2017. The seedlings are approx. 10-11" apart in each direction. The beds contain 84 seedlings each. About 16 seedlings bloomed this summer in this bed.
These two beds were planted this year, one in May and one in June.
Planted May, 2018
Planted June, 2018
This was a strange property in that the front 7 acres was planted with red pine and the back 43 acres is native hardwood bush. As we have been clearing near the hardwood bush, it has made the views from our house very pretty, looking into the native hardwoods, rather than a wall of red pine. Also, we are leaving part of the cleared area as a natural meadow, and it is amazing the number of birds and butterflies we are seeing now.
