On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:00:54 -0500, Adam Webster wrote:

can i seed with wildflowers to have them grow nice "lawn alternative?"
our plan is to do that in Maine ..this spring

To really get a wildflower "lawn alternative" you have to establish a certain
set of circumstances. Many wildflowers have a symbiotic relationship with
certain other native grasses and actually need those to survive. A wildflower
field is an evolving process from day to day, month to month. One thing
flowers, another takes its place.

Do some reading up on it before you go about it.

There is a fantastic book which was written by the Wasowski's about prairie
gardening. Look it up on www.amazon.com It's their newest book.

Also, Sara Stein wrote a wonderful set of books:

Noah's Garden and Planting Noah's Garden.

These two books are more guides to setting up ecosystems in your region, but the
writing is wonderful and she tries to teach gardeners to become "un-gardeners."
Wonderful works.

Victoria