TempestRising
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Soooooo.... I am replanting my backyard. The chick weed and clover is just ridiculous the previous homeowner apparently wasn't very outdoorsy! :\ With that... my daughter and I (she's 4 so yeah...I) have started an outdoor oasis for our RFs. 1st we will be pulling up the weeds tilling the soil adding gypsum because I have clay for soil then covering with a mix of cow manure and top soil then putting down a bernuda seed blend as well as a tortoise grazing blend I ordered from Nature's Finest Seed (naturesfinestseed.com) We have an old bookcase we are going to fortify and create our outdoor enclosure for the RFs as little ones and yearlings of course we expect to grow it out overtime. The rest of the area will be set up where we can hang out and watch the outside watch us!
*sidenote* We have been getting lots of rain in Austin so my backyard was a mess for a few days after pulling the weeds I started to get good grass to come in HOWEVER we will still be replacing this yard! I was so pissed ANTS moved in after the rain so I am looking for a non toxic way to get rid of them ASAP so we can get to work! We are going to put the Tortoise grazing blend in the area where the enclosure will go and mix it in coming up the yard toward the house. I'm taking inspiration from a lot of other owners here in the forum! Hope you guys enjoy and I'll keep you posted with updates on our outdoor enclosure here in this thread!
*sidenote* We have been getting lots of rain in Austin so my backyard was a mess for a few days after pulling the weeds I started to get good grass to come in HOWEVER we will still be replacing this yard! I was so pissed ANTS moved in after the rain so I am looking for a non toxic way to get rid of them ASAP so we can get to work! We are going to put the Tortoise grazing blend in the area where the enclosure will go and mix it in coming up the yard toward the house. I'm taking inspiration from a lot of other owners here in the forum! Hope you guys enjoy and I'll keep you posted with updates on our outdoor enclosure here in this thread!