Low-Impact Landscaping Law (Maryland) (legiscan.com)
Just found out about this law that went into effect in 2021 in MD. HOAs or communities cannot require turf-only landscapes.
Millions of Wildflowers Now Delight the Town After Vermont Couple Got Tired of Mowing the Lawn All Day (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Violet, You're Turning Violet, Violet! (slrpnk.net)
In this patch, I’m working towards a mix of violets (Viola sororia), nimblewill (Muhlenbergia schreberi), white avens (Geum canadense), and yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta). There’s also clover, chickweed, mock strawberry and others I’m weeding out. The shrub is an elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) which should get 10...
Reason #438 to KILL YOUR LAWN - Turrn Your Yard Into a Classroom | Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't (www.youtube.com)
Another good reason for killing your lawn is that once you’ve done so, you can turn your yard into a literal classroom in order to study things like plant identification and the ecology of the native habitat that once stood where your house is....
Help me design my new garden. I need ideas and inspiration.
I hope these type of requests are allowed here. Otherwise just let me know and I’ll remove my post....
North American Plants for Fireflies (www.firefly.org)
Gardeners often don’t realize gardens make for great firefly habitat, helping to replace lost natural habitat. The common firefly — the Big Dipper firefly (Photinus pyralis) — readily takes to an organic habitat. The trick is to make your garden as inviting as possible for fireflies to take up residence....
Ecoregions of North America (interactive map, locator, plant lists and descriptions) (bplant.org)
Not ready for an ‘ugly lawn’? Try this instead. How backyard ‘tidy wildlands’ promise to save America’s biodiversity (wapo.st)
What the New USDA Gardening Map Tells us About Climate Change (civileats.com)
Invasive Species - How to Fight Plants with Plants (www.humanegardener.com)
The Best Way to Put Carbon Back in the Ground - Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't (www.youtube.com)
Grass Alternatives: 12 Low-Maintenance Lawn Replacements (www.almanac.com)
How to get rid of Privet for good?
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?
Planting a meadow and growing a community (www.npr.org)
An unexpected but enjoyable nighttime activity (slrpnk.net)
I came home from bringing my daughter to an extracurricular to find a big pile of grass in the backyard. My wife said that she was trying to pull out some of the Ground Ivy that has been plaguing our yard and garden over the last few years and found that the sod just started coming up like a carpet, so she went with it. We spent...
Give Your Yard Back To Nature (www.popularmechanics.com)
A garden that’s planted purely by aesthetic decisions is like a car with no engine. It may look beautiful, the stereo works great, but you’re going to have to push it up the hill....
The Best Way to Put Carbon Back in the Ground (yt.artemislena.eu)
Mow down fascism not grass (slrpnk.net)
Collecting native seeds
Collecting Native Seed - US Forest Service...
Americas Native Grasslands #conservation #grasslands #nature (yt.artemislena.eu)
The Worst Invasive Species in the Midwest You Oughta Be Killing (yt.artemislena.eu)
Discussion: Do Yellow Bug Lights Keep Bugs Away? (www.thespruce.com)
I recently replaced two outdoor light bulbs with dusk-till-dawn bug lights from Sunco. Immediately noticed less bugs around lights which means less bugs caught in the never ending spider webs....
Invasive species cost humans $423bn each year and threaten world’s diversity (www.theguardian.com)
Reminder: Your lawn isn't "being invaded by weeds," it's undergoing natural selection.
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,...