Submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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I believe like two people in this thread lol.
Just not maintaining your shit isn’t some great intentional effort and benefit to the community. Just letting your once normal lawn grow out of control is not rewilding anymore than throwing your food scraps out the window is composting.
Sure, vast expanses of perfectly manicured fescue is not helping fireflies or other bug species, but let’s be real, knee high thistles, dandelions, and crabgrass is not providing a profound service either.
The best bit of your nonsense is where you say composting isn’t composting
I’m not maintaining most of my shit, half-assed maintaining some, and meticulously maintaining some (veg patch).
The meticulous part doesn’t do well unless the unmaintained part is left to do its thing. When people interfere it suffers. That’s how nature and biodiversity work. Leave it to do its thing and generally it works out itself. Every now and then you may need to intervene if something is becoming problematic and choking out everything else, but generally nature knows what it’s doing.
The thing that makes not maintaining your shit some great intentional effort, is the constant battle against other humans who wish to cut everything down and maintain order. If you’re a sole owner you can tell them to fuck off, but if members of your family disagree or it’s a communal space, that may be far more difficult.
Funny you chose those plants in particular though, because dandelions and various types of thistle are both recommended by the Royal Horticultural Society as being of particular aid to pollinator insects.
Sure, maybe. But my yard has frogs and fireflies in it and my neighbors’ don’t. That seems pretty empirical to me.
My lack of mowing gives us a light show every summer night.
Ha! This is me and my yard. Let’s go!
Man im working so hard to be that yard, but its not as easy as just stop mowing!
Always on the lookout for invasives, poison ivy, tree sapplings (my yard isnt big enough to support any more trees without threatening the house), and other undesirables.
Then theres also the english ivy encroaching from the corner that I’ve pretty much given up on :/
It’s great that you’re helping your native plants stand against the invasives, they’re like the schoolyard bullies of the backyard.
It’s great that you’re helping your native plants stand against the invasives, they’re like the schoolyard bullies of the backyard.
Mine too! My lawn is slowly turning into a sea of clover, I throw wild flower seeds all over the place, and get to see all kinds of cool bugs! Hopefully they enjoy my 8 acres of natural habitat.
My yard is the only reason we have frogs and dragonflies.
LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 8 months ago
Friendly reminder that lightning bugs need tall grasses present in addition to wildflowers and leaf litter. You can also improve their survival rates by removing artificial lighting or even just setting any safety lighting (like motion activated lamps) to their shortest “on” duration. Another obvious step is to avoid pesticides.
www.fws.gov/story/save-fireflies