It's been a while!
I have been re-reading what I wrote and realized that it's been a hot minute since I updated this blog - I suppose it's because I don't have too much to say. Plants are growin', Bermudagrass keeps fighting back, and we just keep expanding and increasing the square footage of our front yard that is dedicated to native plants.
Some updates..
I'm pretty sure we are up to 100 individual species in our yard now. I will be catching up on our recordkeeping this winter, but my preliminary mental sweep says yes. We have TRIPLE DIGITS GUYS! This is just a species count, if you wanted an individual plant count, I'm going to venture to say that's not possible, but feel free to come over and we can try to count them together sometime.
We have begun the tarping process in the backyard too, but it's moving at a glacial pace. My husband has planted some native bunches of grasses to act as cover for our flock of chickens, and we found a tortoise in it a few months ago!
We received our first courtesy citation/notice from the city. I can give more detailed information about this later, but suffice to say it was a little stressful and I'm planning to knock on some doors and chat with my neighbors about what we are doing so that doesn't happen again.
We are almost done with the tarps in the front yard. We just have a few little spots left. We are currently working to turn the frontmost portion from a field of Partridge Pea and Indian Blanket to a field of predominantly Buffalo Grass, with a mixture of Indian Blanket, (maybe one day Indian Paintbrush, I'm trying...), Blue Grama, and other shorter prairie species.
I know that fall and winter are beautiful and cool and necessary, but I have a hard time with seasonal sadness when my yard is not teeming with life. I will miss my flying, crawling, and blooming friends, but I know they're just hiding right there under the surface, wiating for spring. If you're like me, don't worry, they'll be back so soon. When they are, we'll be ready for them. - Kelsey
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