Diggin It
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What does that do for wildfire risk?
Native grass renovation
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oosik
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JYOUTZ - that mowing project turned out fantastic. Locally there are two MAJOR seed companies. They provide the farmers - corn, wheat, alfalfa, canola, rye - etc, etc seed. As a side line they also provide wild grass mixes as seed. I've used this seed a few times with good results.
oosik
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Diggin It - in my case it makes little difference. This time of year I will have either a field of dead, dry weeds or a field of dead, dry native grasses.
In a wildfire scenario - a 200 foot wide fire break around my property WILL help alleviate the ground fire. However - the prevailing winds will launch "fire bombs" that VERY EASILY breach this fire break.
It is simply the nature of the beast..........
How do I combat this ........ good insurance policies and a good escape plan.
In a wildfire scenario - a 200 foot wide fire break around my property WILL help alleviate the ground fire. However - the prevailing winds will launch "fire bombs" that VERY EASILY breach this fire break.
It is simply the nature of the beast..........
How do I combat this ........ good insurance policies and a good escape plan.
cqaigy2
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True on the fire break, good to have them, but if things get windy you can have surprisingly large burning stuff fall out of the sky.
ericm979
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It's cool that you got actual native grasses. Here, you'll get oats and cheat. Both are invasives. The native bunch grasses can't compete. We see a little of a native fescue (mostly in the lawn where I don't want it) but that's it.
ponytug
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We have some natives, but I haven’t found a helpful way to support bunch grasses over oats.
Thomas
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Looks healthy...should be easy mow.
cqaigy2
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We have a grass here that was brought in back in the good ole days. Grows well in shade and wet, so now it's a problem and a pita to get rid of. On top of that, it's not particularly good grazing and animals will eat all around it.
