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The project would start in September with regrading, or tilling the soil with nutrient-rich materials at an equal depth to cure aged soil compaction, re-establishing the historic furrows for flood watering and planting orchard grass.

A signal project is the conversion of a quarter-acre field of orchard grass into a native plant meadow of grasses and wildflowers.

On a wagon ride from the Pittsfield train station, Melville scribbled the names of all the grasses he knew: redtop, ribbon grass, finger grass, orchard grass, hair grass.

Park district employees created a pasture mix of red and white clover, timothy, rye and orchard grass.

Others are treated to flat, leafy orchard grass that is high in fiber and heaven on the digestive tract.