{"id":1003,"date":"2023-06-02T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T13:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:34:12","slug":"about-meadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/en\/about-meadow\/","title":{"rendered":"About the project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The project &#8220;From mowed lawn to flowering meadow&#8221; aims to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Establish a greater biodiversity and a more historically correct natural environment at Gr\u00f8dalandstunet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investigate different methods for establishing a flowering meadow. Can we do it without replacing the soil?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inspire others to establish large or small areas that support pollinating insects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The climate in J\u00e6ren (where we&#8217;re located) is mild, with plenty precipitation. The soil is often nutrient dense after many years of intensive farming and fertilising. These factors make establishing a flowering meadow difficult. Meadow plants prefer nutrient poor and dry soil. In order to remove nutrients from the field we mow the plants and remove the debris twice each summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started with testing four methods for establishing flower meadows. Each year, the methods will be evaluated and, if necessary, modified so that the flowers can develop as well as possible. NIBIO (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research) serves as expert advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/forsoksfelt-edited-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/forsoksfelt-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/forsoksfelt-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/forsoksfelt-edited-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/forsoksfelt-edited.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Test field in 2023, before sowing.<br>Squares are numbered from left to right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Square 1: Reference<\/strong><br>Question: What happens if we simply stop mowing the lawn as often? Which plants will take over?<br>Measure: Stopped mowing the lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Square 2: Sowing in rows<\/strong><br>Question: Can the seeds spread and flowers take root among the grass? Or will the grass plants take over?<br>Measure: Grass mown very short, vertical cuts made into the topsoil. Strips of topsoil removed, seed mixture sown into the same strips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Square 3: Planting seedlings<\/strong><br>Question: Can flowers take root and spread among the grass?<br>Measure: Grass mown very short, vertical cuts made into the topsoil. Seedlings planted in the lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Square 4: Removing topsoil, sowing<\/strong><br>Question: Removing the topsoil, filling in with nutrient poor soil and finally sowing seeds is labour intensive and costly. What sort of flower meadow will be established here? And how will it differ from the other test fields?<br>Measure: Removed ca. 30 cm of topsoil. Added nutrient poor soil. Sowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Square 5: Spray with pesticide and sow<\/strong><br>Question: Establishing a meadow on the fringes of cultivated landscapes is difficult. What happens if we follow farmers&#8217; common practice and spray with pesticides, then sow seeds from more robust plant species?<br>Measure: Sprayed with glyphosate in 2024. Sowed in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Litterature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Departementene. (2021).&nbsp;<em>Tiltaksplan for ville pollinerende insekter 2021-2028.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Svalheim, Ellen. (2021).&nbsp;<em>Fr\u00f8boka.&nbsp;<\/em>Fagbokforlaget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serigstad, Jan. (1979).&nbsp;<em>Utviklinga i jordbruket i Time mellom 1865 og 1907.&nbsp;<\/em>Hovudfagsoppg\u00e5ve i historie, Universitetet i Bergen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nibio.brage.unit.no\/nibio-xmlui\/handle\/11250\/2681546\">https:\/\/nibio.brage.unit.no\/nibio-xmlui\/handle\/11250\/2681546<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jaermuseet.no\/grodaland\/en\/meadow\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">Back to main page for &#8220;From mowed lawn to flowering meadow&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project &#8220;From mowed lawn to flowering meadow&#8221; aims to:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butterfly","featured-image-size-large"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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