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Fall Mowing Of The Wildflower Meadow
October is a good time to put the wildflower meadow in front of the house to bed for the winter. It’s a seasonal project, so to keep the area tidy this is when it gets a good trim. The process for 2025 was largely the same as I did in October 2024. The plants still Continue reading
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Fall Thunder Turf Mowing
Fall is a good time to mow the Thunder Turf area, which is the perimeter of short native grasses around the back garden. Thunder Turf is a blend of Buffalo Grass (Bouteloua dactyloides), Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis), and Curly Mesquite (Hilaria belangeri), and in my particular situation, Curly Mesquite is the one that has taken Continue reading
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Thunder Turf Spring Mowing
Thunder Turf is a blend of three short prairie grasses (Buffalograss, Blue Grama, Curly Mesquite). Clearing Bermudagrass away from an area around the perimeter of the back garden and seeding these native grasses was an early months-long project here. This grassy area is now quite well established. It’s not pure, in that I know Bermudagrass Continue reading
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Closing Down The Wildflower Meadow For The Year
By mid-October, the only things still standing in the wildflower meadow were a few Spotted Beebalms aka Spotted Horsemint (Monarda punctata) and Beach Sunflowers (Helianthus debilis), one Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), and one Yellow Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum). As each plant in the meadow has come to the end of its life, I left it long Continue reading
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Late Summer Mowing Of The Thunder Turf
Thunder Turf is a mix of three native grasses (Buffalograss, Blue Grama Curly Mesquite) that each grow only a few inches tall. They are all very drought-tolerant and need minimal care. The first thing I did when I arrived here in February 2023 was embark on the laborious process of removing all the Bermudagrass sod Continue reading
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Native Grasses Get Mown Twice A Year
I don’t have complete coverage yet of my perimeter area of short native grasses (Thunder Turf), but there is a significant amount of grass there, nevertheless. These native grasses were chosen because of their deep roots, drought tolerance, support of wildlife, and minimal care. For instance, the mowing schedule is twice a YEAR! May is Continue reading
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Native Grasses Don’t Need Mowing, But Mine Got A Haircut
I have defined two areas in my garden for native grasses: a 5-ft strip around the perimeter where a mixture of three short grasses (“Thunder Turf”) have been sown, and a smaller area near the back for three kinds of mid-height prairie grasses. The original sowing of the short grasses was only partly successful because Continue reading
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Making Hay While The Sun Shines
The Bermudagrass in my front and side yards is not dead, but during the summer drought it turned brown and stopped growing. Most of the grass is short from being mown at the beginning of the summer, but there was one area where sunflowers had been growing beside the house and I hadn’t mown there Continue reading
About Me
Nature Lover.
Inquisitive Observer.
Student Gardener.
I invite you to join me on my journey to convert my sterile (from a nature point of view) new house lot to a healthy and diverse ecosystem, as I make discoveries, mistakes, and hopefully progress. I am not an expert or professional. The project started in February 2023 and the location is Seguin, Texas, USA.
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