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Comments (26)Everyone seems to look at the above picture and admire the thriving plants, but seem not to see that most of the area is bare soil. Will it remain that way or what additional planting will be required to finish this off and stabilize the site? I'm not familiar with that area of the country, but it seems that stabilizing the surface is really not a big deal due to lack of erosive forces and growth rate of invasive weeds. It would be very impractical to use a lawn there. It is an alien to that environment. In much of the country, grass is a normal naturally occuring part of the ecosystem - not monoculture turfs, but grassy fields. I think it is possible that people from arid regions may not appreciate what happens when soil is left exposed to the elements in the not so arid regions. Stabilizing soil is a high priority for the protection of the environment. It needs to be covered to keep it from eroding. In these regions you need pretty close to complete coverage or you will have erosion. That means having small patches of groundcover or spotty shrub plantings is not going to get the job done. You could have large areas of mulch, but this is subject to erosion and weed growth. The weed growth reintroduces "high maintenance" and the possibility of pesticide use. You have to plant the whole thing or mother nature will be working on that for you as she also tries to erode it away. Lawnless in non-arid areas has to overcome erosion by having some kind of surface that resists it. That can be trees, shrubs, herbacious plants, groundcover, pavement, or mulch (mulch will have the least resistance to erosion). It has to succumb to or overcome mother natures desire to reclaim it with a succession of weeds and grasses to thicket and eventually a forest. Going lawnless is fine, but you have to know that in most of the country it is not a matter of removing grass and planting a few drought tolerant plants. Most of the attempts that I see are done by well meaning people who do not complete the job in stabilizing the soil - I'm not even going to go into aesthetics. The result is usually spotty plantings and wood chips everywhere (the well meaning folks who tend to go lawnless tend to like to recycle wood chips as well). If you are going to do it, think it through and make a commitment to an end result. Don't remove the grass and then try to figure it out later. There is a sizable investment of time and money to do this up here in the northeast. I suppose wood chips might make some feel that they have recycled and removed lawn at the same time and they can sleep better at night. Again, is matching what you value to the conditions of the site. Don't under estimate Mother Nature. She won't treat you any differently just because you have her best interests in mind....See MoreWoW Thanks! I WANTED that Swap # 4
Comments (151)A couple of notes because the rest is going to be rather long and involved: Lynda, I have the Vitex marked for you and in your baggie! And thank you for the marigolds! They will be very interesting with my others! Dessie I would be more than happy to receive your little helper's seed packets! I think it's great! Wendy Try some Chai Spice tea, it works wonders in helping clear up colds and flu. I always add a dollop of honey to help sooth the throat. It's a staple in our house and really does help. Alright, here is my take on this.. I can understand how many were hoping that the two swaps would not coincide, but, we all knew there was a fair chance of that happening. For myself, I know that I continued to update my list, even well after Patty's swap's mailing deadline. I did my updates using the same method we did for Patty's swap- using an updated date. Even had I not, I knew there was a good chance the two swaps would overlap. I joined this one knowing full well- according to the guidelines posted for it- that I may NOT receive as many as I sent in. That I would receive as many as were sent in FOR me, up to five packets of the SAME item. I recall there being some issue with this and a member who became very rude in their comments about this fact. Yes, my package from the What's Left swap is in the second batch to go out. No, I did not keep strict record of what I sent to those who were in the What's Left swap. I did keep better records of what I'm sending for this swap. I also know that a lot of people will be sending in baggies of seeds marked as extras- not dedicated for anyone, but to add in when it's seen those items are on someone's list. No, these may not be some of the rarer or more exclusively wanted items on someone's list. But if someone has some of those rarer or more specific items to share, I'm sure they would have put them into your baggie before they mailed. So, I don't see that anyone would be missing out on anything. The only way I could see having updated one's list further as complicating Patty's swap would be if someone had removed things from their list. Updating and adding items would not have conflicted. Because if there were any extras of what you were wanting, Patty would have included them. So, I guess I'm not really understanding how there is such a need to update the lists just because one is in both swaps. If I receive duplicates, wonderful! Because the things on my list are things I want! If I don't receive something on my list, then no one had it to share. If I receive so many of something that I can't plant it all, then I can bless someone else by offering it up for a trade. So, perhaps I'm being dense here, but how would one not receive something sent in specifically for them (up to FIVE packets of the same item!) that was on their wants list in this swap? Everyone has the chance to see your wants as posted and you have had the option to add to that list, as many including myself have this whole time. The only thing I could really see the two swaps happening almost simultaneously possibly affecting would be one's have's list. I'm sorry, I don't mean to upset or offend anyone. I'm just honestly trying to understand why this is such an issue. So please don't take this as meaning to offend or as pointed to anyone in particular. This is just me trying to understand why so many are upset about this. If you prefer to email me privately and help me understand it, I would be pleased with that and please do! Perhaps there are aspects and issues with this that I'm not readily seeing and should consider. I don't want to keep the thread off track by my question becoming a debate here. Perhaps there can be some adjustments of dates if this swap happens in the late summer or again next winter, but for this year it is as it is and personally, I'm really enjoying it! Nancy, I hope you don't decide to drop out, because I know that I should have at least a couple of things from your list, perhaps more. But I'll respect your choice and be your Garden Buddy either way :) Fran, you have a real job ahead of you and I don't know how those like you and Patty do it! Leave me hosting my "pair em up and let em go" or true RR type swaps! I think those of you that host this kind of swap are awesome! Angela, you have been a wonderful help to Fran and all of us in this swap! I know the time it can take to code pages like that, though updates are easier once the initial work is done, and I want to say THANK YOU for the time and work you are putting in on this swap for everyone's benefit! Kathy~ heading off to stuff more little baggies and envelopes....See MoreIs it cheating to use varieties that were bread from natives?
Comments (80)Given the choice of collecting seed or digging along the side of the road as opposed to purchasing a plant, no matter who gets the credit or financial benefit, I am happy to find native plants available for sale. The people doing the labor should make a living so I'm OK with that. I ordered the Los Lunas bluestem strain from High Country Gardens. The Los Lunas Plant Materials Center has developed about 25 grasses for revegetation & erosion prevention, it looks to me like they are working on good things. These bluestems I bought have traits very desirable and I just ordered two more to begin a massed planting from starter plants. I thought the huge strain of Sacaton wrightii they developed for windbreaks was fascinating but the three I tried out were too big for my particular situation, the unimproved strain is a better fit but the idea of an improved strain doesn't bother me. Improvements on grasses is often done for practical reasons like developing the best strains for specific areas of the country, like Nebraska vs Kansas vs New Mexico since different areas recommend different strains as for best performance. Native grasses such as improved cultivars of buffalo grass are being developed for marketing as turf grass and I am 100% for that. Habiturf is a mixture of native grasses developed by The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center but I don't know if that involves improved strains or not. It appears that a lot of research, development & improvements of native grasses is done in Michigan and Nebraska as well. I've always been confused about cultivars, trademarks, strains or biological engineering and am not a botany expert, just a consumer but it seems like the nursery business has different goals than the places working on developing improved strains of native grasses although I might be wrong about that. The native grass research and development simply seems more geared toward ecology & conservation while cultivars of flowering plants seems motivated by profit, popularity, sales and pleasing customers....See MoreWALL OF AIR (WOA) An Alternative to WOW.
Comments (22)I guess it is all about how we adjust things for us. If I was gardening near my house and had ability to keep more permanent structures I would just go with poly covers like cold frame. Have not had good lack with small seedlings and WOW, I always try to grow seedlings as big as I get, at least 12", short and pencil stocky stem my goal. Anything less is too iffy and will be fair game for damping off. After spending my day filling tubes in cold weather grrr... LOL Also am noticing that my EZ wall protectors are lasting much longer and much nicer to use than actual WOW so am thinking to slowly switching to EZ structure. Kozy red ones are the worst kind- in case if anyone wants to get it. Red color faded just after one season, it is flimsy 1 -2 mil poly, and from last year anecdotal experience I have not noted difference in growth....See MoreLars
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