Planning Important When Dealing with the Outdoors

Check out this article that was printed in the Kansas City Star.

The Jackson County Courthouse started a $2.5 million outdoor renovation project in 2005. They removed 2 large elms and several locust trees in order to plant the lot with native buffalo grass. Long story short, surrounding buildings cast too much shade on the lot and the native grass never took off. The county is going to reseed and sod the lot with a fescue blend to the tune of $10,000.

I can't think of a better illustration for the necessity of planning when trying to work with Mother Nature.