and named the immediate vicinity ...
But then came drought in 2011 and with it our realization that the fire pit was ill-advised. So we turned to other projects and the Rocky Road filled with King Ranch bluestem ...
KR bluestem is a non-native grass. Better than nothing, it does hold the soil, but is shallow-rooted and crowds out more desirable native grasses. So this week Don decided to start pulling the KR out and I joined the party ...
exposing and then moving loose rocks around the zexmenias ...
little bluestem ...
milkweed ...
side oats gramma ...
and best of all, yellow Indian grass ...
just in time to let the good seeds fall on newly disturbed ground ...
Golden.
