Oh Rhapsdy, thankyou so much for that link! That garden is wonderful. They certainly have the knack for creating a wonderful scene and the green thumb to complete it. I could move in there right now! LOL. Cheers, Dee.

I'm looking for some input on what kind of wild grass to plant in the woodland behind our home. I want something that can serve as a ground-cover and food source for the local wildlife. I'd like to find a plant that will grow up to at least 24" in height and can easily be spread over the forest floor without a great deal of preparation work involved with the soil... if such a thing exists!! The amount of area I want to cover is only about 1 acre and the land is wooded but not heavily. The plant will need to be somewhat shade tolerant but will receive a fair amount of sunlight at various times of the day.

Not to be a smart aleck but how about grass? ;> It depends on what you want as far as 'edible'. Lots of animals eat grass like deer.

I got an organic herbicide last year (before the price skyrocketed) under the brand name Biosafe weed control. It contains Ammonium Nonanoate, I notice Ortho is now selling this under the name Ground Clear OMRI and it does work on poison ivy. It only kills the portion of the plant above ground that has been sprayed. Killing all the foliage a few times will kill it off over time. It seems to work best when the plant is recieving the most sun it gets during the day. Just the other day I gloved up, put on long sleeves, and manually pulled out a lot of poison ivy vines (I am very allergic). I dont spend more than 20-30 minutes manually pulling before I wash up with dish soap and cold water. I have successfully used cut stem roundup concentrate applied with a foam brush on large poison ivy vines as well, cutting a segment out first with long handle loppers and using the loppers to handle the vine. I get kind of paranoid about spraying triclopyr around trees.