Mowing, and perennials
- Subject: Mowing, and perennials
- From: T* K* E*
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:24:55 -0500
1. I use a push mower; limits the amount of damage that can be done. Last
occupant used a riding mower; he was fat. 'Nuff said. 0.6 acre total; some
in flowerbeds.
2. Can't hire the job out. In this neighborhood, all the "for pay" mowers
are slash-and-burn style--use a riding mower, as fast as possible. They'd
destroy the new beds.
3. My goal is to get rid of all the grass except what's over the septic
tank, and I may replace that with creeping phlox. No kids; don't need a
baseball field. Making progress, limited by the plant budget, the "new bed
digging budget = strength of my lower back," and the "how many new plants
can I take care of" budget. I have thought of just letting the helianthus
augustifolia go wild.
I thought about doing a "corn maze" with helianthus instead of the corn.
Plant big swathes of it--I have four varieties, so there would be bloom from
mid-August through the end of October--and then mowing the maze into the
swathes, starting in June or so. Too chicken to do it yet.
Haven't seen a crocus yet but have several daffodils up and have since
Christmas. Going to be a strange "spring," given that some parts of the
bloom cycle have come and gone already. It can't stay this warm all the way
through till last frost date... USDA 7B, East Coast.
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