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Preservation…What can you do?
The Ole Kingston trio said it many years ago.
They’re rioting in Africa,
There’s strife in Iran
There’re Hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs Rain.
Well, it will get horribly hot and dry again.
And our precious rivers both flood and then need rain.
Before we get around to water harvesting, we can a least, start now saving a drop at a time by xeroscaping,
Answer: a really cool catalogue from those fine folks at Wildseed Farms in Fredricksburg.
Not only have they enhanced the beauty and environmental needs of your habitat, but NOW they offer a diversity of grass seeds that we can plant in the hot Houston habitat,
Benefits include:
- Less mowing required
- Saves on the water bill
- Once established, does not require as much water.
- 3-5 inches tall, needs no mowing
- Does not need fertilizers that pollute our rivers
- Helps with transpiration, and water absorption, thus lessening our flooding
As we become more aware,
we have a responsibility to protect what we paddle!
As for preservation, let's go the next step.
The Bayou Preservation Association has published a planting guide that offers tips on plants that are low maintenance and that help control erosion. Call the BPA to order one.
Both the Wildseed catalogue and The Bayou Planting Guide are excellent botany textbooks and sources of how to increase you quality of life. The riparian planting guide put out by the Bayou Preservation Association is a must for anyone living on or near a bayou or anywhere in Houston.
Please encourage local nurseys to offer water and bayou-friendly native plants.
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