New seeding method creates flowering herbaceous edges

The Collective Delta Landscape Plan sees that the new method of planting herbaceous edges is successful. In consultation with director Peter Verbeek of Natuurbalans, the choice was made to first completely turn over the soil and immediately thereafter sow in a daisy mixture from Maasheggen. "It turns out that with this method we also have a beautiful result in the second year (in the past there was little to see of the herbal edges in the second year after sowing - ed.) and probably for many years to come."

As many as 40 species of plants have been counted recently. Among them, striped whitebell, roller clover, pigweed, yarrow, dog parsley, cuckoo grass, odorless chamomile, smooth wallow, knotweed, daisy, red clover, red fescue, sharp buttercup, St. John's wort, narrow plantain, flax mouth, bird's vetch, creeping buttercup, yellow goosefoot, broad plantain, wild carrot, common chamomile, shepherd's purse and many grasses.
"They are species that cows just love. In fact - these ancient herbs are good for the health and digestion of the cow or other animals."

The new method was first tried on land belonging to one of the collective's participants and landowner in De Maasheggen, the Vereniging Nederlands Cultuurlandschap. About ten acres of daisy edges have since been sown.

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