I've been slow getting the prairie homesteader's garden going--other areas of the garden, and life, seemed to need my attention first--but I did throw those seeds down, and pictured yellow grasses someday gently waving in the afternoon wind.
It's a trick to water in new lawns, since you can't really walk on the little seedlings, but you end up doing so anyway in order to reach all the areas that need soaking. I had some big flagstones lying around, and I put them down so I'd have a place to tread. But I didn't get around to setting them in the ground (they were heavy, it was hot--you know the story...), so they wobbled a lot when I walked on them. After awhile, it got to be annoying--stepping onto a stone, wobbling, dragging the hose over, wobbling some more, then stepping cautiously onto the next stone and wobbling and dragging some more--and like all annoying projects, I soon lost interest.
Still, some of that seed persisted, needing no help from me, thank you very much. And where it did survive, it formed a tough, thick mat that seems to choke back the crab grass and green foxtail that spring up every time we get a good rain.

This next shot shows the stones from the opposite view, before seeding. This cedar picket fence is where I'd like to plant some antique roses and prairie flowers to go along with the irises and lavender that are already there (the crab grass is outa here, however...).

And here is again, after seeding, with the future cold frame in place to show me where not to bother scattering the seeds:

And finally, a shot of the path after everything has been tamped in and watered for the first time. I think the stones make it look like an inviting place to spend a morning:

It's late for sowing the seed--about six weeks before we might get the first hard freeze, and I really need two months (maybe it will be late this year)--but I've got my fingers crossed. If it doesn't survive, I'll try again in the spring. The hard part--tilling and setting the stones--is already done.
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