Transforming a Minnesota Lawn into a Mini Wildlife Habitat

Sheet mulching, mail order plants and an invitation to hummingbirds

At the house Brooke grew up in outside of Minneapolis, the backyard’s always been grass (except for the six months a year that it’s covered with snow and ice). There’s a huge swath of turf that hasn’t been regularly played on by kids for over a decade but it still requires regular mowing for half the year. I’m no garden designer but I hate to see perfec…