#kill your lawn

[pnwnativeplants]

This is actually a really interesting type of water retention that long grass does that I've never thought about before!

You can see how much slower the snow on the long grass is melting, which creates a slower percolation of water into the ground!

It's amazing what a difference vegetation can make for communities that struggle with drought conditions!

[headspace-hotel]

Another article about the ecological harms of lawns and what people are doing to change things just dropped

[aisling-saoirse]

Forest Regeneration in Dry Shade (feat. My Ugly Fenced Garden)

In 2023, a Hickory tree shaded out my sunflower garden, rather than cut the branch I decided to plant a few ferns, a red maple, and toss in some local seed in this dry shade.

What i got in two years was a massive amount of diversity without any major intervention aside from light weeding. 2 species quickly became 18, the increase in caterpillars and native bees has been very pleasant in a spot that was, 5 years ago, just a bunch of dead lawn. Additionally the plant cover has assisted in retaining much more moisture.

Of the most successful seed species are Wavy Goldenrod, White Wood Aster, American Jumpseed, Wild Geranium, and Violets hidden beneath.

Present: Solomon's Seal, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Eastern Columbine, yellow pimpernel,

Shrubs and Trees: Northern Spicebush, White oak, Red maples, One mockernut hickory and Elderberry

Love flowers and hate your awful shaded lawn? Try what I did!

[leafie-draws]

literally why have a lawn when you can just have this instead (mosses and stonecrops)🌱🌼

sedums are a hardy, low-growing type of perennial succulent commonly used as an alternative to grass/groundcover. they bloom each year and come in nearly every color imaginable

part of the reason why sedum makes such good groundcover is that they're practically unkillable and native to every type of environment, capable of resisting droughts and freezing temperatures. they also save water and benefit pollinators!

[blessedscavengers]

kill your lawn save the pollinators

made in 2022

[chupacabracrafts]

3rd full year of "killing the lawn" is going well

[garlicdog]

the county replaced the curbs along our town's main street, so I made sure to spread native wildflower seeds on the curb strip before the grass grows in (:

[snekdood]

*casually posts this at the same time to further my agenda of growing native plants instead of grass and shitty ornamentals*