Grass is a shitty fucking plant that has no business being the default yard plant. Fuck grass. All my homies hate grass. Go touch native wildflower species and appreciate the inherent beauty in biodiversity amongst a yard that feeds native butterfly and bee populations, as well as other native insect populations that feed animals in the area. Help prevent native bee species from going extinct by having a yard made up of native wildflower species and various other plants.
HOAs are a SCAM tear up your grass yard and FEED THE BEES
Today I'm walking you through some simple tips on how to turn your lawn or backyard into a productive vegetable garden to grow your own food!
Gardening Guide for Beginners:
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Robin Greenfield’s Guide to Gardening for Beginners in Orlando, Florida:
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Robin Greenfield is an activist and humanitarian dedicated to leading the way to a more sustainable and just world. He embarks on extreme projects to bring attention to important global issues and inspire positive change. 100% of his media income is donated to grassroots nonprofits.
His YouTube channel is a source to educate, inspire and help others to live more sustainable, equal and just lives. Videos frequently cover sustainable living, simple living, growing your own food, gardening, self-sufficiency, minimalism, off the grid living, zero waste, living in a tiny house and permaculture.
It's no secret we're not huge lawn fans at Epic Gardening - I don't have one in my yard, @Jacques in the Garden doesn't in his, and Chris DOES have a lawn...that she created herself and that includes NO turf grass, while providing all of the traditional benefits of a lawn space. In this video she'll go over 3 different alternatives for those of you in colder climates.
00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Benefits Of Covering The Ground
01:53 - 1. Cover Crop
03:43 - 2. Low-growing Perennials
07:13 - 3. Turfgrass Lawn Alternative
10:35 - Outro
IN THIS VIDEO
→ GardenStraw: https://bit.ly/3O4XlS1
Available from many seed providers:
→ Buckwheat
→ Borage
→ Sweet alyssum
→ Winter field peas
→ Native wildflower seeds (buy from a local source)
→ Clover (Microclover, Red clover, Crimson clover, White Dutch clover)
→ Self heal
→ Chamomile
→ Yarrow
Perennial ground covers available from most garden centres:
Food Not Lawns founder Heather Flores takes us for a tour of some guerrilla gardens and de-lawned sites in Eugene, Oregon. Original story here: http://faircompanies.com/videos
Join our goddamned cult. Kill Your Lawn. Create habitat and eradicate the bland. create a native plant or a vegetable garden in your front yard. Killing your lawn and growing native plants is the best way to learn to identify the plants that USED to grow where you lived before the commercial automobile slum cesspool (trademark) was built. But most importantly, kill the lawn within yourself.
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