Grass trials and tribulations

With a shift towards Xeriscape type planting we will experiment with different grasses planted en mass or as specimens. I have seen examples of gardens where grasses have helped to link different planting ares together. However some grasses can be a bit thuggish and may need to be restrained to prevent them taking over the garden.

Town and country

This photograph locates our finca (marked in red line) on the edge of the pueblo although we have some protection from the oak and stone- pine trees on one side we are also bounded by open farm land. The fields which are fairly small are used for the production of barley.

Open terrain and grazing sheep mean that we get weeds in abundance. We have watched the wild flowers and grasses over two seasons and we are decideding which we can retain.

Xeriscape style gardening may be the answer for our hot dry plot, using plants native to the region.