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Click the youtube link below to see the transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌼 From Former Crop Field to Thriving Monarch Butterfly \u0026amp; Pollinator Meadow! 🦋🌿\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe site prepped summer of 2024, seeded late winter 2025, and mowed summer and fall 2025 and then let it RAGE 2026. 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