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SongofJoy said:Very nice, stone. Thanks for the pictures. I couldn't find any of my pics but will as soon as I'm not looking for them. We back up to woods and our back yard is mostly wildflowers (some would call it weeds) and whatever else grows there. Unfortunately some Bermuda grass that I deplore. I have it mowed on occasion during the summer to help keep the ticks at bay.

I have the Northern Sea Oats and also the switch grasses. I like them both.

Did you seed?

I did something better...
I've encouraged the naturals!

I've always found that the native grasses and wildflowers were there... just waiting for their chance... plenty of seeds in the seed bank, for anyone that avoided turf and herbicides... and compulsive weeding of plants they didn't recognize...

Mowing in the summer seems like a way to lose the native wildflowers...
I've heard that guinea fowl were the solution for ticks... definitely on my wish list...

Good luck with the bermuda... hate that stuff... but I have patches of it in my meadow too... the meadow is large enough that it really doesn't affect me...