tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post80398490009342430..comments2023-10-22T09:27:47.213-04:00Comments on It Just Comes Naturally: Golden August PrairieScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-85221937617131972802017-05-09T11:21:38.209-04:002017-05-09T11:21:38.209-04:00Leif: I consulted with my grassland manager and h...Leif: I consulted with my grassland manager and he told me that he has sprayed the grassland containing purpletop on many occasions with Plateau and he has not noticed that the herbicide has damaged the purpletop. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-27809261842941600622017-03-31T14:20:31.686-04:002017-03-31T14:20:31.686-04:00Nice meadows! I have been trying to find informat...Nice meadows! I have been trying to find information on Purpletop and its resistance to Plateau. So you do not see any effect on this grass?Leifnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-58428747478365171382011-08-11T16:44:56.750-04:002011-08-11T16:44:56.750-04:00Carolyn: The grasses themselves are best in Octob...Carolyn: The grasses themselves are best in October and November, but by then the wildflowers are mostly gone. So, I get to enjoy the meadow glory twice: once in August, and again later in the year.<br /><br />John: Congratulations on a second year of wildflowers! Many seed companies market "instant meadows" or "meadows-in-a-can" here in the United States. Most of the species are not natives and, while they're not invasive, they tend to last one (or maybe two) years, never to return. So, there's a splash of color for a year or so, then the garden needs to be replanted. Our fields contain native meadow species and, while their numbers and performance vary from year to year, we generally don't have to replant them.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-45669802012693984312011-08-10T17:40:53.797-04:002011-08-10T17:40:53.797-04:00lovely
I sowed american wild flowers in my field ...lovely<br />I sowed american wild flowers in my field borders last year , which have just re seeded themselves this year<br /><br />lovelyJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-88848103330592772142011-08-10T15:11:39.533-04:002011-08-10T15:11:39.533-04:00Lovely! Your wild prairie is just beautiful right...Lovely! Your wild prairie is just beautiful right now.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-36476471513469073862011-08-10T14:51:06.448-04:002011-08-10T14:51:06.448-04:00Thanks fo rthe info.
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RayThanks fo rthe info.<br />Hugs<br />RayRay's Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889394191778083164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-28252620993418713942011-08-10T09:55:22.259-04:002011-08-10T09:55:22.259-04:00Ray: Our fields have got to be a whole heck of a ...Ray: Our fields have got to be a whole heck of a lot greener than yours right now, unfortunately (for you). I feel so bad for Texas wildlife.<br /><br />Thanks for the question about the grasses. Because we're trying to attract birds that nest in meadows (e.g., Bobolinks, Eastern Meadowlarks, and Savannah and Grasshopper Sparrows, we leaves portions of the grasslands unmowed each year so that, when the birds return in the spring, they'll have some habitat waiting for them. We do mow other portions of the fields so that the dead grasses don't build up over time and form a deep thatch on the ground, which would eventually suppress the grasses' growth. In a natural situation, the fields would burn periodically and would burn off the thatch, but our fields are surrounded by $1 million houses, so we can't burn the fields. Our mowing is done by a contractor who takes the grass away to be used for growing mushrooms. If you buy mushrooms grown in Kennett Square, PA, you might be eating some of our grasses!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942007593478726390.post-37928096461178931792011-08-10T07:36:08.032-04:002011-08-10T07:36:08.032-04:00Looks wonderful Congrats on this. I do have a ques...Looks wonderful Congrats on this. I do have a question at the endof the year/ Fall do you cut the grass down and make hay out fo it?<br /><br />Hugs<br />RayRay's Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889394191778083164noreply@blogger.com