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I wasn't quite sure where to put this thread... but since i'll be dealing with wild flowers and prairie plants... i figured this would be a good place.
I'm wondering if anyone here has an experience dealing with these issues...
here is my situation...
I live in a subdivision where, when it was built, the builder had to create detention ponds and a mitigated wetlands. [there were current wetland areas that were filled in to build some houses, so they had to create one ... but from the reports i've read, it's a 'failed' mitigation.]
BUT -- we have to maintain these. The property in question was turned over to the "Board" 2 yrs ago, and we [the HOA Board] has done nothing so far. [the wetlands is only 0.44acre]
what i want to do, and another gal on the board... is to beautify the ponds, which are eroding and are filled with cat tails... we'd like to have the banks regraded and wild flowers planted, and the cat tails 'dealt' with.
As for the wetlands... I'm really not sure what we have to do for them. [i currently do not have the report from the company that was monitoring it] but i recall soemthing about prescribed burn every 3-5 yrs ... though i'm hoping to get away with just high-mowing once per year. I'd also like to get more wild flowers in there, and i know it needs to be weeded... but i really do not know much about wetland areas... ours is considered a dry prairie, as there is really no standing water.
If anyone has any insight or tips for these issues... i'd love to hear them.
from the other threads... i LOVE what AdamWoodruff has done.
Thanks in advance,
Terese
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