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Posted by ransley on April 9, 2008, 11:03 am
> A friend who used to own a landscaping business told me about a trick
> I might try next year - too late now.
>
> He calls it snow seeding.
>
> I told him about an area under a tree in my back yard that never gets
> any sun, so I can never grow grass there.
>
> He said next year, in late February, early March, I should sow some
> annual grass seed on top of the snow. He says the seed will stay
> dormant in the cold, but as the snow melts it will settle onto the
> dirt and have a chance to to germinate before the tree fills with
> leaves and blocks the sun. The melting snow will moisten the ground to
> help the seed get started.
>
> Since I can expect it to die off by the end of summer due to lack of
> sun, I should stick with inexpensive annual seed (landscapers mix, he
> called it) and expect to re-snow-seed every year.
>
> Anybody heard of - or better yet, tried - this process?
Old seed I feed the birds and squirrels, sure it works to put seed on
snow , but unless its buried with a bit of dirt animals will eat alot
of it.
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