Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Planting rye grass, lillies or anything else?

I'm near the end of establishing the ground cover between the ponds and the dam. Temps in the 90's with no rain until last night means about 3 hours a night watering for the past two weeks. Most of this is hard, dry gray clay. Got a tip from a landscaping buddy years ago that you can get grass established on pretty much anything if you top it with some peat moss. Working great. I went with a vineyard/ orchard blend of dwarf rye and fescues with white clover, to minimize my mowing time. After last nights rain I'm thinking everything will be established enough to water every few days now. Especially until it gets going, the most important thing you can do is not let it dry out. Thus the peat moss. I did spread rye on the backside of the dam immediately. It takes quickly and is tough stuff. The roots do a good job of holding things together until it is established.