Did about 2 hours of weeding my extensive prairie beds. Basically just pulling out prickers and dead stuff and making space around the base of shrubs. I got as far as the rose, but it was too hot for sleeves by then and a climbing prairie rose is happy to teach you humility so I stopped for the day - ThreadSky

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lexgordon.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Did about 2 hours of weeding my extensive prairie beds. Basically just pulling out prickers and dead stuff and making space around the base of shrubs. I got as far as the rose, but it was too hot for sleeves by then and a climbing prairie rose is happy to teach you humility so I stopped for the day

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lexgordon.bsky.social•4 days ago

My beds are 4-6ft wide & around 300ft long. They edge 2 sides of my backyard to disguise my fence & they back up to semi natural managed prairie. They’re planted with spp & fun varietals of local native shrubs & perennials, as well as whatever the prairie volunteers.

karmageddon.bsky.social•4 days ago

They're so much work even when you have native beds. I think most people think "native" means "maintenance free". I've given up trying to convince them there's no such thing.

lexgordon.bsky.social•4 days ago

I can’t wait until the baby plants are big enough to hold their own, then I’ll happily let it be a hot mess, but right now they need breathing room to compete. The most difficult bit is if you want spread of things like prairie spring ephemerals you really can’t mulch.

karmageddon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Right. I'm working towards not needing to mulch the borders along our 300ft of dry creekbed. I've seeded it all and it's all coming up, but it's hard to tell weed sprouts sometimes. I do recognize the cheat grass and crabgrass though.

lexgordon.bsky.social•4 days ago

I desperately want someone to make a guide that shows baby plant vs grown plant bc the guesswork is soooo frustrating 😂

karmageddon.bsky.social•4 days ago

I just Google (name of plant) seedlings. Helps a lot. I also recognize many of the usual beasts.

lexgordon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Also, the people that fire the managed prairie didn’t do the sections that touch my yard this year. We never really had a day when the wind was low enough. Which means I have to cut and pull the dead stuff.

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