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I hope these type of requests are allowed here. Otherwise just let me know and I’ll remove my post....

I’ve been at war with Privet. No matter what I do, the little bugger comes back in full force. How do I get rid of this relentless plant for good?

Collecting Native Seed - US Forest Service...

Especially ironic when suburbanites rave about how houses are infinitely better than apartments because they’re “closer to nature.” You want to be closer to nature? Let natural processes work and have a lawn of whatever grows in your area naturally (even an “invasive” species is better than lawn grasses, unironically,...

I live in the Kansas City area which is comfortably Zone 6 from my understanding....

I have a house that’s set back from the street about 100 feet and the yard is 120 feet wide. I don’t water or fertilize but I still need to mow to keep it under control. Does anyone have any tips for a space that big that won’t require an enormous amount of maintenance? I’d love to use primarily native species but the...

What are some general considerations for where seeds would like to be around the neighborhood, around town? And is it generally best to wait for rain?

I need something that isn’t grass to plant on my lawn. Ideally something hard wearing and can be mowed because my kids will tear it up aha...

I’ve seen 2 new awesome resources pop up in the comments this week (I haven’t added them to the list yet my personal life is chaos right now). I’d love to know if you guys have come across any other books, websites, videos etc that you find very useful and informative to add to the list....

My hometown's newspaper just published an opinion piece about the disastrous effects, ecologically and financially, that lawn care causes. Not totally surprising but it's important to note that this is a retirement community in the bible belt!...

I am planning on killing my lawn and filling the area with raised beds with gravel in between the beds. I will be using the sheet mulching strategy to kill the grass. I’ve used this strategy successfully to prep for my existing beds. My question is this: should I put a layer of anti weed tarp before installing the gravel, or...

Hey all, updated the sidebar description with some links :) I tried to copy the reddit wiki as best I could to a free website so if there's any issues (or continuing the protests) with reddit we still have the information....

Hello, I am definitely no gardener, and I am a total noob to all of this. So I want to begin small. I live in Lexington, KY within the sub-region Inner Bluegrass, inside the Greater Bluegrass Area, in the Interior Plateau, of the Southeastern USA Plains, within the broader Eastern Temperate Forest eco region, in North America...

When it comes to replacing a lawn with native plants there are a few ways to prepare the site. The two main ones are de-sodding and sheet mulching. In this post I will be discussing the former....

Hello, I am exploring Lemmy due to Reddit’s changes, and I wanted to become more involved with Solarpunk. I volunteered to help moderate this community which will hopefully make me lurk less and contribute more. Hope everyone is doing well!

Well why would I want a boring grass mono culture yard?...

Just as the title asks, what's your dream yard if money and time weren't a concern? Would you have a pond, a prairie, a forest, a food forest or something else?