Lawns


     A couple of years ago we had our entire front lawn taken out.  I was
so tired to battling the weeds by hand (We don't do sprays here).  We spent
a couple hundred dollars for a professional design, and this year we
finally planted it.  The lawn (if you can call it that) we have now is
about the size of a large bathroom.  My husband can mow the entire thing
with a push mower in five minutes.  And its just enough green to set off
the wonderful plantings the designer choose for us (which we just planted).

    The really good thing is -- we will never have to water it, because
even if it goes dormant in the summer who cares if we have one tiny patch
of brown, it will just go well with all our grasses.  And if it gets too
weedy we will just dig it up and start over (it grew very fast from seed)

    Heres a question though -- has anyone used that corn based weed
killer/fertilizer?  We are tempted to get some through Gardens Alive.. but
of course even the smallest package will likely last us the rest of our lives!

    And one other thing:  I love these grasses in our design so much I'm
tempted to plant more in the backyard.  I would love to hear what
everyone's favorite ornamental grasses are, and what the culture is.  Right
now we have Miscanthus Sinesis Gracillimus, helictorichon sempervivens, and
phormium tenax bronze (I know this is actually a flax, but is that
considered a grass too? What a fantastic plant!)

    Thanks,

    Evonne

(zone 8/ rainsville Pacific Northwest -- I know it rains all the time, but
I still want a drought resistant garden!!)
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