Marc Pastorek and I met at the Nature Conservancy land at Lake Ramsey this week and I got a look at the kind of land scape we are working toward. Marc provided a general, conceptual plan for the landscape. I have not cut the grass on the plot in a couple months. The grass varies from a few inches to a couple of feet in height. Marc and I agree that a good way to start would be for me to cut the grass in the areas that we want to keep in grass and leave the wild areas to be developed with native grasses and other plants. I will then disk those areas a couple of times between now and November to deplete the seed load in the ground and to loosen the soil. So, I did some initial cutting today on the perimeter of the lot and the area behind the house. I took delivery of a new tractor this week so it was fun to run my new toy in any case. I will post a picture of the lot later.
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| Version 2 of the landscape conceptual plan |
