Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Roundup use in common areas

[Fred-List manager (fholson]

Lisa Morrison <lisa.morrison [at] daybreakcohousing.org>
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It sounds like you are planning to kill a conventional lawn and replace it
with bunch grasses. Has the landscape team considered smothering the lawn
with a thick layer (at least 6”) wood chips and planting the area once the
chips decompose? If you start with a layer of compost or add compost to the
planting holes that’s good too. We turned a portion of our lawn into meadow
this way at Daybreak Cohousing in Portland OR