Mr. Smarty Plants - Native plants to stop pond bank erosion Ask Mr. Smarty Plants is a free service provided by the staff and volunteers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Can't find the answer in our existing FAQs, submit a question to Mr. Smarty Plants. Need help with plant identification, visit the plant identification page. rate this answer 1 rating Wednesday - June 04, 2008 From: Railroad, PARegion: Mid-AtlanticTopic: Erosion ControlTitle: Native plants to stop pond bank erosionAnswered by: Nan Hampton I recently purchased a home with a small pond in which a nearby stream daylights. Mr. Evergreens Equisetum hyemale (scouringrush horsetail) Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern) Carex intumescens (bladder sedge) Gaultheria hispidula (creeping snowberry) with a photo from Nearctica.com Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry) Pyrola asarifolia (liverleaf wintergreen) Andromeda polifolia (bog rosemary) Acorus calamus (calamus) Carex stipata (owlfruit sedge) Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge) Hydrocotyle umbellata (manyflower marshpennywort)
Stumblers Who Like 5 Secrets to a ‘No-work' Garden It took over 20 years of gardening to realize that I didn’t have to work so hard to achieve a fruitful harvest. As the limitless energy of my youth gradually gave way to the physical realities of mid-life, the slow accretion of experience eventually led to an awareness that less work can result in greater crop yields. Inspired in part by Masanobu Fukuoka’s book, One Straw Revolution, my family experimented with gardening methods which could increase yields with less effort. Fukuoka spent over three decades perfecting his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Here are the strategies we used which enabled us to greatly increase our garden yield, while requiring less time and less work. 1. With ‘no-till’ gardening, weeding is largely eliminated. 2. Gardeners are always on the lookout for free sources of clean organic mulch to add to their garden.
Mr. Smarty Plants - Native grass for erosion control on Shoal Creek in Austin, TX Ask Mr. Smarty Plants is a free service provided by the staff and volunteers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Can't find the answer in our existing FAQs, submit a question to Mr. Smarty Plants. rate this answer Not Yet Rated Wednesday - June 22, 2011 From: Austin, TXRegion: SouthwestTopic: Erosion ControlTitle: Native grass for erosion control on Shoal Creek in Austin, TXAnswered by: Nan Hampton What is the best grass seed for erosion control in Austin, TX - Shoal Creek goes through my back yard and I need to seed some areas and it gets lots of sun. You have lots of choices for grasses that grow in the sun. Tall grasses (more than 3 feet): Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) Medium grasses (1 to 3 feet): Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem) Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama) Aristida purpurea (Purple threeawn) Andropogon glomeratus (Bushy bluestem) likes growing in damp soil in full sun.
15 Foods That Can Be Regrown From Scraps I love gardening. Well, not actually the work behind the gardening so much – it’s the harvesting that I really look forward to. There is nothing like fresh veggies from your own personal garden! Obviously, we all know about the normal ways to grow plants – from seeds. Let’s count them out – from 1 to 15… 1, 2, 3, & 4. These are the ones I regrow the very most, I always have a mason jar of green onions regrowing above my kitchen sink. 5. You can regrow lemongrass the same way you regrow the green onions. 6. Plant a small chunk off of your piece of ginger in potting soil with the newest buds facing up. 7. Pick a potato that has a lot of good formed eyes, and cut it into 2-3 inch pieces, taking care to be sure that each piece has at least 1-2 eyes on it. 8. You will need sweet potatoes with good formed eyes, just as you would want with a regular potato. 9, 10, 11, & 12. These all are regrown by placing the roots in a dish of water. 13. 14. You can re-grow a plant from a single clove. 15.