Observations and Meditations from the Garden- Seeds of Procrastination
I've been trying to establish a patch of prairie in my backyard for the last six years. Think a wildflower garden is easy...think again!
Between the hordes of deer, drought and my own laziness my "prairie" measures about eight feet across, it started at twenty feet. The biggest problem is the deer and I've been too lazy to erect a fence sturdy enough to keep the deer from grazing. But, if I squint my eyes and focus on that center patch I'm thrilled with the way it looks.
I mixed the wildflower seed with blue gramma grass which now, after a long-in-coming rain, looks like a fine carpet with seedings of fall blooming wildflowers coming up. I've forgotten what I planted so what flowers is a mystery but the anticipation of their bloom is like a gardener's Christmas!
Sounds cool--any good pictures of it?
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I'll see what happens when something blooms. I'm still not sure what I have there and I have to finsh planting the "deer-resistant" border.
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Anyone else do this?
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