Last night went well

The Earth Rising board approved our proposal for drainage improvements for the area becoming known as Heretic Camp. Woo-hoo. We plan to do the work on the weekend of Oct 17 (which is whent he Harvest Fest, now cancelled, would have happened)--that's after the last event of the season, and gives the grass seed we'll be putting down sometime to establish.

Something I must research is short-grass prairie grasses, and their resilience to repeated mowing and car or pedestrian traffic. The one board member who had problems with our proposal was antsy about the fact that the grasses I was wanting to use were not indigenous. BUT, to the best of my knowledge, there isn't an indigenous grass that will:
(1) grow in the heavy heavy clay right there
(2) and spread well all season, despite being mowed at 3-4"
(3) and withstand occasional long weekends of heavy foot traffic, tents, etc
(4) and give a decent turf to walk in after being mowed
Not all four items, at once. My compromise is a green manure of annual rye, which will grow most of the winter, and brome, which will get going in spring. Neither are indigenous, and so both are a problem. Luckily, one of the board members has some idea about pasture estblishment, and helped us talk his fellow board person around.

As Ashe says, this will be Heretic Camp's tiem to prove ourselves as responsible up-and-comings who care about the property and will get things done.

*crosses fingers for luck*

Beyond that.....

Nathan, Donna's help, asked me yesterday afternoon to bring one of the kittens in; they have a potential home for either the tabby or the female kitten. I brought the female kitten in this morning, since By & I are getting attached to the tabby. More attached to the tabby, I should say. It was hard for both of us to load the female kitten into the carrier and in the car. She started crying as soon as her littermates were out of sight, and they could still hear her from the bathroom, so they were meowing back to her until we left the house. She cried all the way to school, and all the way into the greenhouse lobby, where I left her for Nathan.

I'm gonna be ticked if that girl doesn't take the kitten, since I had to be so mean to her this morning.

Shower Meme from draco_kc

Given unlimited money and time, what type of garden or landscape would you most like to create?
( my answers )

Looking into the crystal ball, ten years from now, where do you see yourself?
( my answer )

You have been given the chance to "step into" the world of one (and only one) fictional work. What book do you select, why, and what would you want to experience/explore?
( my answers )

Describe one plant whose qualities or attributes best reflects your personality.
( my answer )

Out of the old "Espresso Club," who would you most like to see again? Is there anything you'd like to ask them? What do you think they'd be most surprised by, with regards to yourself?
( my answers )