Went back out to my property with 3 bags of potting soil, a shovel, a handful of seed packets, and a desire to plant something.
There was a huge ice storm and tons of broken tree limbs everywhere.
I found 2 oak trees which were 4 feet apart with a lot of limbs n branches on the ground.
I move all the limbs into a circle, about
40 feer in diameter, surrounding the 2 trees.
My property has a grazing lease for cattle and they watched in what passes as amusement for a cow as I shoveled pile sof half dried cow pies and walked them over to the area beneath the trees.
I smushed the cow patties apart with the shovel shovel put the potting soil on top of the manure.
Took about 8 packs of different kinds if seeds, poured them into a gas station to-go coffee cup...shook em up...then spread them across the little garden plot.
Tomorrow I am getting more bags of soil and shoveling more cowpies...then spreading some herb seeds.
The branches are meant to deter the cows ajd hopefully keep the plentiful deer from eating the newly sprouted plants before I come back to town in May.
The branches are very thick and 6 feet high. The deer can hop over it but they have easier options considering there is a deer feeder nearby.
This is part experimentbw8thbhalf of the seeds being found last week in my dad’s garage in Florida.....somenas old as 1989-1991.
We shall see.
Wonder what new invasive plants you’ve just planted in Texas, LOL! Way to endear yourself to the natives, Dude!
If it was Bluebonnet seed, you’re in the clear. ;)
And what’s more fun than messin’ with cow chips? We have an annual contest up here in Wisconsin:
Also, candy that looks like cow pies is very popular, as is our Mustard Museum:
https://store.mustardmuseum.com/product/326/made-in-wisconsin