Native Landscaping

This weekend Bret and I participated in a workshop on Native Landscaping in the Mossville Bluffs (where we live). They are worried about erosion and other damage to the environment because the area is becoming more populated. We were encouraged to grow indigenous grasses and shrubs in our yards and reduce the amount of yard which is covered in sod. There is a subsidy available and I am thinking about growing a section of wildflowers and grasses in the back of our yard. Since we have so many trees back there, we have difficulty growing grass anyway. They suggested that even a small change, like raising the blades on your lawn mower an inch or two can have a huge impact on the root system of your grass (much deeper roots) and this can also result in better resiliency during the dry summer when deep roots can access moisture in the soil.