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Yard lookin' fine tho. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes! The anti mow people don't understand that your yard doesn't turn into a wildflower meadow if you stop mowing.

I spent hundreds of dollars on wildflower seeds and tiller rentals to get a wildflower meadow started.

5 years later and it's just weeds. And not nice weeds- It's 1/2" long thornbush weeds- perfect for spreading tics onto the local deer population.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As an anti-mow person, I don't care, if it's a wildflower meadow. I don't call random plants "weeds", they're all cool with me. Like, alright, if you've got a super-invasive foreign species that's actively killing the local ecosystem, then I'm on board with doing something against that. But it can hardly be worse than mowing the local ecosystem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That’s the thing, the super invasive weeds are what establish the best. I’ve got a broader definition of “wildflower” than anyone I know, but if you’re encouraging foxtails and goat head burrs in your yard, you’re a dick.

I live in an area where a lot of people raise sheep and you can check out x rays of storks bill seeds that burrow down through the fleece, skin And fat, into the poor bastards muscles. Being all “Look at me! I don’t judge plants, they’re all welcome!” is going to cause a lot of pain and suffering and punctured tires and shoe soles.