The native grass seed in this 50 pound bag is worth at least $300, but the land trust that manages my conservation easement bought it with a grant they obtained for their members, so it didn't cost me anything.


The mix contains irradiated triticale, a fast-growing cover crop that will give the slower-growing grasses time to get established, and then it will die off because the irradiation makes it sterile.
Like any seed, there is so much promise.