Ah, thanks ol faithful Theo and Brettski for picking up the thread...been too long!

I went ahead and was successful in determining cultivars - Cool season mix of Brome, Field Fescue and Rye. This should germinate given a couple of timely rains this Autumn and won't ever exceed 24" and NO - I won't be mowing this.

Reason I went 2:1 - consider it a lesson learned from the threads on the GBH horror stories. I'd rather not have a nosey neighbor report me for targeting a federally protected species.

I've got nearly two acres of slopes that steep to cover, so Brettski I was hoping to save the $$ and just do a straw cover - not the mats. Think I'm doomed? I can't imagine the cost of those mats for all that sq footage....

Thoughts? Suggestions? Rain prayers?

Thanks amigos!

TJ

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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