I love the idea of a set-and-forget prairie, without mowing or controlled burns. Is it possible? What would happen if you stopped mowing the field each year and just let it go? Would it be overtaken by brush, and eventually trees? Would it maintain what it is now, but hit a maximum height?
Depends on the location's elevation, amount of water, and herbivore grazing. Some places are dry enough that trees are unlikely to survive past a certain height; others are high and cold enough that freeze kills plant material above the surface in winter, so everything has to grow from the soil's surface each year. Some herbivore species under certain circumstances can maintain populations high enough to decimate trees and tree seedlings. There's really no such thing as a set it and forget it ecosystem of any kind - everything is always responding to everything else at all times. Change is constant. Reading about the Blackland Prairie, it seems that without intervention, this particular site would be quickly overtaken by woody plants and exotic species
Looking forward to seeing my liatrus spicata Kobold bloom! It's got the immature buds formed now. I'm hoping to see those purple spikes by the end of July!
This was a really cool video
Awesome !!
Spectacular. This is the best type of garden......natural. :-D
Great job
so beautiful
This is so cool
I love the idea of a set-and-forget prairie, without mowing or controlled burns. Is it possible? What would happen if you stopped mowing the field each year and just let it go? Would it be overtaken by brush, and eventually trees? Would it maintain what it is now, but hit a maximum height?
Depends on the location's elevation, amount of water, and herbivore grazing. Some places are dry enough that trees are unlikely to survive past a certain height; others are high and cold enough that freeze kills plant material above the surface in winter, so everything has to grow from the soil's surface each year. Some herbivore species under certain circumstances can maintain populations high enough to decimate trees and tree seedlings.
There's really no such thing as a set it and forget it ecosystem of any kind - everything is always responding to everything else at all times. Change is constant.
Reading about the Blackland Prairie, it seems that without intervention, this particular site would be quickly overtaken by woody plants and exotic species
Looking forward to seeing my liatrus spicata Kobold bloom! It's got the immature buds formed now. I'm hoping to see those purple spikes by the end of July!
what a great inspiration!
Bravo!
Very pretty.
I friend of mine just bought a few pigs and goats they ate almost all the weeds no mowing plus pork lol 😂