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,...
Da Beautiful Chaos of Da Prairie (KILL YOUR LAWN) (yt.artemislena.eu)
Maui’s neglected (Invasive) grasslands caused Lahaina fire to grow with deadly speed (www.washingtonpost.com)
This story documents how the invasive grasses allowed the fire to grow.
B.C. woman who deliberately damaged neighbour's trees ordered to pay $150K in compensation (bc.ctvnews.ca)
follow up work in progress (sh.itjust.works)
Got all the plants and trees in yesterday, got most of the trees in the ground. Couldn’t figure out where 2 of them should go so I’ll be doing those by hand later....
No mow: is Australia’s long love affair with lawn ending? (www.theguardian.com)
Don’t you dare rake your leaves this fall (www.washingtonpost.com)
Not sure if pay-walled. If someone will post a pay-wall bypass I will update the link.
no lawn journey starting tomorrow! (sh.itjust.works)
starting my no lawn journey tomorrow. I’ll post a different thread about it...
An introduction to the impact of native planting (marisamorby.com)
[Recommendations Wanted] Has anybody over-seeded their lawn with wildflower seed mixes?
I live in the Kansas City area which is comfortably Zone 6 from my understanding....
Plant diversity in urban green spaces led to sevenfold increase in insect species, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
I'm Rewilding My Lifeless Garden - here's how (yt.artemislena.eu)
Big yard
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...
A Pretty Yard for Inspo (lemmy.world)
Taken from reddit reddit.com/…/my_favourite_type_of_propaganda_enco…
If you have seeds but you have no property
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?
Nice garden Brian (i.imgur.com)
Replacing grass lawns with native plants (invidious.protokolla.fi)
Why is it so hot? (www.tiktok.com)
Some relevant bumper stickers seen today (lemmy.world)
Doing my tiny part (lemmy.world)
We have honey and solitary bees, sunflowers lavander and a lot more :) Our journey started last year and it only gets better!
I built this bee house for my folks, looks like it's getting some use (slrpnk.net)
I was surprised to see so many tubes sealed (it’s on its second year but it looks like we missed the window to swap in the replacement tubes I’d made). If you spot any other issues please let me know.
Native Front Yard project (native-front-yard.writeas.com)
The project of converting my front yard from turf grass with Asian shrubs to all native plants.