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Subscriber Comments for
Spring Is Here! Lose Your Lawn
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COMMENT 265176
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2012-03-17 10:30 AM |
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I may be sorely mistaken, but isn't this mustard a highly invasive species that suppresses CA natives chemically and is considered wildfire fuel????
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BILLY GOODNICK
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2012-03-17 11:05 AM |
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Commentor: yes, mustard is a non-native plant, rumored to have been introduced by the Spanish missionaries -- something in the bible about spreading mustard seed (or maybe I'm thinking of a Grey Poupon commercial). I'm not saying it's a good thing -- just that it's my harbinger of spring and is beautiful, despite it's negatives. In this instance, it's my canary in a coal mine.
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COMMENT 265212P
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2012-03-17 11:51 AM |
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Hate the mustard. It is pushing out far more beautiful native plants of many species. It has to be eradicated. We are eliminating biodiversity with huge swaths of "monoculture". "Homogocene: the term ecologists and evolutionary biologists use to describe the current era, when ecosystems are becoming more homogenized, when tough generalist species take over large portions of the globe."
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COMMENT 265319P
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2012-03-17 05:36 PM |
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I'm looking for a dog-friendly lawn substitute. Any suggestions? We don't have a large lawn, but the dogs, um, "use" the lawn. They also dig holes if a gopher appears. It's not a very nice looking lawn. Something that stands up well to dog traffic would be great.
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COMMENT 265366P
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2012-03-18 07:19 AM |
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Chips.
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FLICKA
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2012-03-18 12:05 PM |
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Check out Billy's suggested reading on lawn alternatives. Some grasses, like Korean grass, are tough and I think harder for a dog to dig. Traps are best for gophers, I like the box ones.
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BILLY GOODNICK
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2012-03-18 01:26 PM |
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Flicka's got it right. The reason I posted this story is to guide readers to great sources of information. But as long as I'm here, I've been working on a big project in Montecito, converting close to an acre of former lawn into a mostly native meadow, dotted with larger grasses, CA poppies, and flowering perennials. The "base" for the composition is a mass planting of dune sedge (Carex praegracilis) and so far, it's withstood four labrador retrievers, two of them pups when it was installed. The key is keeping them off it until the plants have a chance to defend themselves.
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