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Forget Green Grass. Go Ornamental

When the average person thinks of grass, they think of the normal, closely cut green grass of a typical lawn. But there are hundreds of species of grass in a variety of colors, and they can be a delight to any landscape.

When the average person thinks of grass, they think of the short, green stuff that covers our lawns. But there’s a vast variety of grasses out there that you can use as “ornamental” grasses, to give your lawn a unique look.

Grass comes in all sizes. There are ground-hugging grasses, there are shrub-sized clumps. There are upright tufts of grasses, there are “mop-top mounds” of grasses, there are “arching fountains” of grasses.

“True grasses” include lawn grasses, cereal grains, and a few “showy” pieces such as bamboo. Yes, bamboo is a grass. However, even though they’re not true grasses, cattails, rushes and sedges are also termed “ornamental” grasses.

Stem Stylings
True grasses all have narrow leaves, and their cylindrical stems are hollow. Cattails have those distinctive brown, cigar-shaped flowering structures, and solid stems. Rushes have solid stems. They also don’t have the nodes that grasses have. Sedges don’t have nodes. They have solid stems – and the stems are triangular but cylindrical.

When you’re planning your ornamental grass garden, you must know how the grass grows. Some grasses are clump-forming – they stay where they’ve been planted. Creeping grasses, also called runners or spreaders, do exactly that…they grow over the ground.

For your beds and borders, you’ll want to use clumping grasses. Your creeping grasses will be splendid on any slopes.

Growth Cycles
Various grass species have different growth cycles, just like flowers. Annual grasses die after one growing season, while perennials will come back year after year.

Now when you get to your perennial grasses, there are two basic types of those: cool-season and warm-season. Cool-season grasses start growing in the late winter or early spring. Examples of these are fescue grasses and golden wool millet. Warm season grasses include evergreen miscanthus, pampas grass and fountain grass.

Ornamental Grass Colors
Ornamental grasses run the gamut from bright red and cold to copper, bronze, steel blue and silver. Some stay the same color all the time (when healthy), others change color according to the season – so it’s quite a delight to plant these and be able to track the seasons as their hues change.

Shady Sides
If you’ve had a problem growing grasses in your landscape because there’s shade everywhere, don’t despair – simply choose those types of grasses that do well in shade! However, there’s another contingent you have to deal with – is the soil in that shade evenly moist, or is it dry. The grasses might like the shade but the wrong soil will not do them any good, so make sure you have the right kind of soil for the grasses you choose.

Grasses that flourish in the shade include oat grass and sea oats, crinkled hair grass, snowy woodrush, and golden wood millet.

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what is a good granola bar recipe? …?

i went to a cafe today and they had home made granola bars…it had dried cranberrys and chocolate chips and some round grain things and oats and green seeds. i dont really know wat that is…lol. but do you know any good recipes or how i could make my own with these ingrediants or what these ingredients are called? thanks for any info.

here it is…

Granola Bars Recipe

Delicious, satisfying, high in fiber, full of good stuff, and easy to make. They are chewy, crunchy, and sweet.
Prep:5m Cook:2m Servings:32

Ingredients:

1 tsp butter
1 1/4 cups rolled wheat
1 1/2 cups toasted pecans, cashews, and almonds rough chopped
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1 1/2 cups granola oats from the bottom third of TJ’s granola
1 cup dried mixed berries
1 cup mesquite honey
1/3 cup turbinado sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp fine grain sea salt

Directions :

Use the butter to grease a 11″ x 16″ sheet pan.
In a small pan heat the honey, sugar, vanilla, and salt over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves.
Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well.
Pour the sugar mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well until thoroughly combined.
Pour into the sheet pan and using wax paper press the mixture into the pan so it is firmly and evenly dispersed.
Let it cool and then cut into bars and serve.
I wrapped mine in wax paper squares and stored them in the refrigerator in a ziploc bag.

Homemade Granola Recipe

Granola is surpisingly simple to make and very flexible. You can add anything you like – more nuts, coconut, dried fruit, raisins…
Prep:15m Cook:25m Servings:4

Ingredients:

2 cups rolled oats, uncooked
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch salt
1/3 cup slivered almonds, chopped
1/4 cup honey, warmed to liquid
1/4 cup light olive oil (or 4 tablespoons butter, melted)
1/2 cup golden raisins or other dried fruit

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and almonds. In a glass measure, warm honey until it is no longer viscous. Add olive oil (or melted butter) to the honey and stir.
Drizzle the honey-oil over the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Spread the mixture on a baking sheet or in a 9-by-3-inch pan.
Bake granola until golden and crunchy, stirring once, anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes. It will depend on your pan. Stir in the raisins. Makes about 3 cups.

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