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2006 October 28 & 29, Saturday & Sunday

The autumn is a good moment to plant shrubs. Our idea was to limit ourselves to native species as far as possible. For one reason we are obliged to use them because the terrain is in a rural area but it is also the more ecological option: native species usually attract more wildlife, they are better adapted to the local conditions and they resist better all kinds of deseases and plagues. I even think that it is also very often the more esthetical option: a wild vegetation gives a sensation of natural and spontaneous unitity which is difficult to maintain when introducing exoctic species.

On the other hand we shouldn't exaggerate and be too strict. The distinction between exotic and native is not always clear. The walnut tree was introduced by the Romans more than 2000 years ago. Is it native? Many fruit trees or trees with other uses have the same kind of background and they are permitted in rural areas.
An additional problem with native species is that they can be difficult to find in (Spanish) gardencentres and if you want to introduce them on you terrain you have to find seeds or cuttings.

Once said, we must confess now rightaway that we have sinned and planted these days a Mespilus japonicus. Its country of origin is clear. But it is a beautiful shrub with delicious fruit and one solitary shrub looks very nice in an open space. Moreover, we have planted it near our future house and this is a zone where we want to be a little more permissive..

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(The heap of fine sand is located more or less in the frontdoor of our future house)

Plants that will now have the opportunity to colonize this area are probably: Daucus carota, Barbarea vulgaris, Picris hieracioides y Centaurea scabiosa which can be seen around the cut area.

The same area but now looking to the northeast.
29 Oct 17:15

Holcus lanatus forming a thick turf in the lower western part.
29 Oct. 16:59

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The grass responsible for the fresh green colour in this zone of the terrain is probably Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire Fog; I haven't seen its flowers yet). It prefers relatively humid grasslands and it's only after the summer crisis that it is able to recover itself.
(Errata: this grass is Bromus diandrus, 30 July 2007)

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