Growing Grass
The 100 degree plus weather has relegated our gardening time to only an hour or so right around dusk. I think we have one more week of this really hot weather before we can get serious about the fall garden. Meanwhile... We have just broken ground on our new barndorminium. The structure is situated smack in the middle of the prairie with two huge old pecan trees framing the front. It will house a garage, a breezeway, and three small rooms. We hope to use it for education about the prairie, gardening, sustainability, spiritual practice, creation care, and whatever else comes up. For a couple of weeks before the Bobcat moved in, we rescued some of the grasses that would be destroyed by the construction. We filled up all the pots that we had with grasses, and then just planted the grasses in the little greenhouse that we have out back. I've been watering them every day, and they seem to love the respite from the heat that the shade cloth provides. They are flouris...