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#1. Looking to have a lawnish area in my "backyard" for a gathering space. It's about 2500 sqft.
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It sounds like your "dirt" has been abused - badly!Dan Fish wrote:Nothing really grows in the yard now, just because it was scraped down to subsoil before we bought the place. But there are weeds in the area for sure. Nothing too good for a "lawn" unfortunately.
But really I think the part about guests and a weed farm makes the most sense. I am gonna have to think on this.
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Dan Fish wrote:Keep 'em coming, hahaha.
I don't know why those links don't work. I duckduckgo'd (hahaha I am making it a thing...) melica and the first site was calscape. Very cool suggestions! I am leaning strongly towards at least growing these grasses on a test basis.
I didn't find desert vetch but I did find "Deseret milk-vetch" (Astragalus desereticus). Same plant?
Oh, and also Jay, a chicken or duck tractor is my dream. But we just have so much predator pressure right now that I have to get some other things established first. Just got 2 beautiful pups a few weeks ago that ought to help. Dogs I can keep out of the birds, it's the bears and lions and all the rest I worry about. I think our road has lost 200 birds of all kinds in the last year.
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Malek Beitinjan wrote:Larner seeds has a shady wildflower mix of western natives. They also sell a lot of different species on their website.
Theodore Payne foundation is based in southern California, so it has a lot of good drought tolerant species.
I like browsing seed stores for organizations that specialize in native plants, they help me learn about species I wouldn't otherwise hear about.
A species you might consider is Fragaria chiloensis (wild pacific strawberries). It does pretty well in shade and is fairly drought tolerant, although it might not be able to handle being as inland as you are. I don't know where you would buy it, though.
Plants in shade tend to grow slower, so chopping and dropping multiple times a year might not work.
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Dan Fish wrote:Keep 'em coming, hahaha.
Oh, and also Jay, a chicken or duck tractor is my dream. But we just have so much predator pressure right now that I have to get some other things established first. Just got 2 beautiful pups a few weeks ago that ought to help. Dogs I can keep out of the birds, it's the bears and lions and all the rest I worry about. I think our road has lost 200 birds of all kinds in the last year.
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