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[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 81 points 2 years ago (7 children) I love this, but I suspect that the average person will see the last one and think, "Perfect! An orderly lawn and less insects." permalink fedilink source hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (5 children) More time and effort. Bottom one takes 30 minutes to mow every 2 weeks. Each and everyone of those plants need to be maintained, trimmed and kept with weekly so it doesn’t look like a disaster. So unless you have 1-2 free hours a day, no one will be actually able to do the top and maintain it so it doesn’t turn to garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) You mean "so it doesn't turn to nature". You just think nature is garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah, the lovely front lawn thicket. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Personally I respect nature, but don't like it to be near me. So I prefer to live in places without lawns, like apartments. If I found myself by some miracle in possession of a house with a lawn (in this economy???), I would seek to destroy the lawn and replace it with more house. House is much more useful than lawn. Until I had accomplished that goal, it would just be a useless mass and I wouldn't waste any time on it except to keep the footpath clear. The way white people are like "I want to be responsible for additional household chores so that I can have a useless biological dead zone that 'looks nice'" is nonsense to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weird to make this a race thing out of nowhere permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate to break this to you but lawns were invented by European aristocrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (8 children) Once you have flowers planted they’re pretty easy to maintain. I have a much larger garden area than what’s pictured. Yes, in the spring I give up a couple of weekends to get it all established but after that it’s just watering it once a day (if required) and then enjoy it for the rest of the season. So, that was a long winded way of telling you that you are wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments load more comments (8 replies) [–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not true for one simple reason: we need to plan NATIVE plants! They require near no maintainence and do extremely well. All the shit you can buy from a garden store is almost always non natives that weve all been tricked into thinking is somehow better. They aren't. They suck for the ecosystem and they suck to take care of. There is no care with native plants. There is only beautiful growth and a healthy ecosystem. Plant. Native. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) lol must be great living in a fair weather state where stuff doesn’t die every frost. That I’m works for places that can leave bulbs in the ground, lots of people need to remove even native bulbs since the frosts get too hard and will kill most of them. Native doesn’t mean zero maintenance, who told you that lmfao? It still requires maintenance if you don’t want it looking like garbage. Beauty is subjective, but yeah lack of maintenance is just laziness and claiming it’s beautiful is justifying the not wanting to deal with it. Native yards still need maintenance, flowers need to be deadheaded weekly while blooming for example. No one talks about the finer details, just glosses over how “simple” it is. Yeah if you let turn to shit it’s easy lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Dunno what "natives" you're planting, but if you have a true native landscape, there's very little maintenance. You just have to work with the right people (i.e. - not landscapers) to help select a true low-maintenance, lawn. If you plant the right mix, you can have a really nice looking lawn that has different native flowering plants throughout the growing season and will look really nice. If you're spending hours a day, or even hours a week, you probably want a very specific, manicured look. Or you didn't do the right planting mix. https://www.prairiemoon.com/ is a great resource for this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Native plants still need to be deadheaded, still need to be pruned and trimmed. Native plants still require maintenance, they just have better synthesis with the other plants. The time is for the amount of plants. Yeah having 4 plants in a small yard is easy work, but 4 plants in a large yard would look barren and empty… so more plants, more work. If 4 plants are 5 minutes of work a week, 40 plants is 50 minutes. For a similar yard of turf it would be 30 minutes of mowing. Now you have to maintain your grass, can’t mow since it’s not all turf, and still need to deal with the additional plants. It’s x+y, not x or y…. People who buy into this “native is easier” is being sold a bridge that requires more work down the road if they don’t want it to look like shit. For a few years it’s fine, and why every rants about it, because it hasn’t reached the issue point yet. Native plants thrive more, or should, meaning they require more work since they you know, grow and spread easier…. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're uneducated on the topic and talking like you have all the facts. I have a large property that looks like the top image, and it's extremely low maintenance compared to a manicured lawn. I don't have to dead-head flowers, because they're incorporated into a larger planting, so it looks perfectly natural to have a few flowers in multiple stages of their lifecycle along side the rest of the property. NORMAL nature looks beautiful and not messy. Sure, if you have a row of "native" flowers in a bed of mulch, they take maintenance. In that case, don't have a native lawn, you have a few native plants in an unnatural ecosystem. Natives are easier, much lower maintenance, better for the environment, and look much better unless you're used to flat, green, golf courses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent [–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I very much live in a cold climate with a deep frost, it's totally not a problem. Because the native plants are used to it! For many ifs part of their lifecycle: the seeds require the cold cycle before they will germinate. Very cool stuff. You don't need to deadhead your flowers: only if you're looking to extend the flowering time. Otherwise just let them do their thing. They'll flowers, then make seeds, and those seeds will contribute to the ecosystem. If you like, you can give me a rough region you're in (like a state and part of the state) and the conditions of the yard you're struggling with (dry/wet, sun conditions) and I'll try and dig up some resources! permalink fedilink source parent [–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're forgetting that Americans have been brainwashed to think that large tracts of unproductive land with zero biological diversity is a flex. And no one wants to be seen as some poor with bugs in their yard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* large tracts of unproductive land with zero biological diversity is a flex. You're right. It was absolutely a flex hundreds of years ago, for places like freaking Versailles. And we're all living like little kings out here, complete with turning a blind eye to disastrous effect. Meanwhile my Chinese neighbors are hard at work cultivating every last scrap of land they own. It's kind of amazing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, plants don't need to be kept with weekly. Maintaining a xeriscape or native landscape is less time and effort than a lawn. I've been slowly converting my lawn to larger and more native beds. I don't have to water, even during exceptional drought. I have to top the mulch up once a year. I weed (usually just grass) just whenever I spot a weed. Depending on the plant, I trim or cut it back to the ground once or twice a year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Flowers need to be deadheaded, trees and bushes need to be shaped so they don’t look like a mess or grow causing issues. Yeah neglecting the yard and letting it do its thing is simple, maintaining it properly so it doesn’t look like a mess and doesn’t turn to shit requires a decent of time and effort. Beauty is subjective and most people who claim the top is easier have yards that don’t looks remotely that good. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* Meh, depends on the plants. I don't really have any plants the bloom profusely for long seasons (perhaps only Echinacea, but those don't really need to be deadheaded either). Nothing I have self-seeds aggressively in my mulch beds. I can't even grow most traditional types of flowers because deer will just eat them, lol. I very much dislike the look of meticulously shaped shrubs, and many plants have attractive natural growth habits, IMO. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (3 children) I see the top one and think 2 things: a) That looks like a lot of maintenance And b) They conveniently left out spiders, all those other bugs will attract a shit ton of spiders and I hate spiders. I like ladybugs, dragonflies, butterflies and such, but not so much that I'm willing to deal with spiders and wasps. If someone has a way to solve both those problems I'm all for it lmao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 20 points 2 years ago (3 children) Snakes might eat the spiders... Large feral creatures like bobcats and wild dogs might eat the snakes... Bears could eat the above... At some point the detractions just might be outweighed by the benefits though:-). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 14 points 2 years ago There was an old lady who's an expert on these things. Perhaps she's still alive permalink fedilink source parent [+] spizzat2@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] MurphysPaw@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I know an old lady who swallowed a fly .... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Spiders are still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm well aware, that's why I don't advocate for their total extermination like I do mosquitoes lmao But they can do it away from me, those assholes don't need to hang out above my door or inside my car or under my outdoor seating to be part of the ecosystem... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fermion@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* I have lots of trees and shrubs in my yard with lots of spiders, but no spiders in the spots you describe. When they have better natural homes they're less likely to try to live in your spaces. permalink fedilink source parent [–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They're literally just vibing permalink fedilink source parent [–] pigup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago There's a craze for plastic grass in the UK. It looks awful and you won't even get flies, let alone anything useful. Getting dog shit out of them is a nightmare as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) My landlord exactly. Dude hires people to spray the yard every year because God forbid ants try to approach the building. I've tried convincing him not to but he wasn't having it. I talked to my neighbor and it turns out the guy used to edge the lawn with scissors. Luckily my neighbor is way more agreeable and we're redoing his lawn more in line with the picture permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] L3mmyW1nks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) A toxic moat around the house might be a better option than sterilizing all life in the garden. Also cool to look at if you color it green and install some lighting permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Plain concrete, just pour concrete over the whole planet. No insects, not even the scary ones! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Middle one for me permalink fedilink source parent [–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I mean.... I agree with all of you...but I hate bugs...unless they are sea bugs those I eat. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Some people just want to see the world burn (or don't know better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (5 children) More time and effort. Bottom one takes 30 minutes to mow every 2 weeks. Each and everyone of those plants need to be maintained, trimmed and kept with weekly so it doesn’t look like a disaster. So unless you have 1-2 free hours a day, no one will be actually able to do the top and maintain it so it doesn’t turn to garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) You mean "so it doesn't turn to nature". You just think nature is garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah, the lovely front lawn thicket. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Personally I respect nature, but don't like it to be near me. So I prefer to live in places without lawns, like apartments. If I found myself by some miracle in possession of a house with a lawn (in this economy???), I would seek to destroy the lawn and replace it with more house. House is much more useful than lawn. Until I had accomplished that goal, it would just be a useless mass and I wouldn't waste any time on it except to keep the footpath clear. The way white people are like "I want to be responsible for additional household chores so that I can have a useless biological dead zone that 'looks nice'" is nonsense to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weird to make this a race thing out of nowhere permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate to break this to you but lawns were invented by European aristocrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent [–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (8 children) Once you have flowers planted they’re pretty easy to maintain. I have a much larger garden area than what’s pictured. Yes, in the spring I give up a couple of weekends to get it all established but after that it’s just watering it once a day (if required) and then enjoy it for the rest of the season. So, that was a long winded way of telling you that you are wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments load more comments (8 replies) [–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not true for one simple reason: we need to plan NATIVE plants! They require near no maintainence and do extremely well. All the shit you can buy from a garden store is almost always non natives that weve all been tricked into thinking is somehow better. They aren't. They suck for the ecosystem and they suck to take care of. There is no care with native plants. There is only beautiful growth and a healthy ecosystem. Plant. Native. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) lol must be great living in a fair weather state where stuff doesn’t die every frost. That I’m works for places that can leave bulbs in the ground, lots of people need to remove even native bulbs since the frosts get too hard and will kill most of them. Native doesn’t mean zero maintenance, who told you that lmfao? It still requires maintenance if you don’t want it looking like garbage. Beauty is subjective, but yeah lack of maintenance is just laziness and claiming it’s beautiful is justifying the not wanting to deal with it. Native yards still need maintenance, flowers need to be deadheaded weekly while blooming for example. No one talks about the finer details, just glosses over how “simple” it is. Yeah if you let turn to shit it’s easy lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Dunno what "natives" you're planting, but if you have a true native landscape, there's very little maintenance. You just have to work with the right people (i.e. - not landscapers) to help select a true low-maintenance, lawn. If you plant the right mix, you can have a really nice looking lawn that has different native flowering plants throughout the growing season and will look really nice. If you're spending hours a day, or even hours a week, you probably want a very specific, manicured look. Or you didn't do the right planting mix. https://www.prairiemoon.com/ is a great resource for this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Native plants still need to be deadheaded, still need to be pruned and trimmed. Native plants still require maintenance, they just have better synthesis with the other plants. The time is for the amount of plants. Yeah having 4 plants in a small yard is easy work, but 4 plants in a large yard would look barren and empty… so more plants, more work. If 4 plants are 5 minutes of work a week, 40 plants is 50 minutes. For a similar yard of turf it would be 30 minutes of mowing. Now you have to maintain your grass, can’t mow since it’s not all turf, and still need to deal with the additional plants. It’s x+y, not x or y…. People who buy into this “native is easier” is being sold a bridge that requires more work down the road if they don’t want it to look like shit. For a few years it’s fine, and why every rants about it, because it hasn’t reached the issue point yet. Native plants thrive more, or should, meaning they require more work since they you know, grow and spread easier…. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're uneducated on the topic and talking like you have all the facts. I have a large property that looks like the top image, and it's extremely low maintenance compared to a manicured lawn. I don't have to dead-head flowers, because they're incorporated into a larger planting, so it looks perfectly natural to have a few flowers in multiple stages of their lifecycle along side the rest of the property. NORMAL nature looks beautiful and not messy. Sure, if you have a row of "native" flowers in a bed of mulch, they take maintenance. In that case, don't have a native lawn, you have a few native plants in an unnatural ecosystem. Natives are easier, much lower maintenance, better for the environment, and look much better unless you're used to flat, green, golf courses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent [–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I very much live in a cold climate with a deep frost, it's totally not a problem. Because the native plants are used to it! For many ifs part of their lifecycle: the seeds require the cold cycle before they will germinate. Very cool stuff. You don't need to deadhead your flowers: only if you're looking to extend the flowering time. Otherwise just let them do their thing. They'll flowers, then make seeds, and those seeds will contribute to the ecosystem. If you like, you can give me a rough region you're in (like a state and part of the state) and the conditions of the yard you're struggling with (dry/wet, sun conditions) and I'll try and dig up some resources! permalink fedilink source parent [–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're forgetting that Americans have been brainwashed to think that large tracts of unproductive land with zero biological diversity is a flex. And no one wants to be seen as some poor with bugs in their yard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* large tracts of unproductive land with zero biological diversity is a flex. You're right. It was absolutely a flex hundreds of years ago, for places like freaking Versailles. And we're all living like little kings out here, complete with turning a blind eye to disastrous effect. Meanwhile my Chinese neighbors are hard at work cultivating every last scrap of land they own. It's kind of amazing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, plants don't need to be kept with weekly. Maintaining a xeriscape or native landscape is less time and effort than a lawn. I've been slowly converting my lawn to larger and more native beds. I don't have to water, even during exceptional drought. I have to top the mulch up once a year. I weed (usually just grass) just whenever I spot a weed. Depending on the plant, I trim or cut it back to the ground once or twice a year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Flowers need to be deadheaded, trees and bushes need to be shaped so they don’t look like a mess or grow causing issues. Yeah neglecting the yard and letting it do its thing is simple, maintaining it properly so it doesn’t look like a mess and doesn’t turn to shit requires a decent of time and effort. Beauty is subjective and most people who claim the top is easier have yards that don’t looks remotely that good. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* Meh, depends on the plants. I don't really have any plants the bloom profusely for long seasons (perhaps only Echinacea, but those don't really need to be deadheaded either). Nothing I have self-seeds aggressively in my mulch beds. I can't even grow most traditional types of flowers because deer will just eat them, lol. I very much dislike the look of meticulously shaped shrubs, and many plants have attractive natural growth habits, IMO. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) You mean "so it doesn't turn to nature". You just think nature is garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah, the lovely front lawn thicket. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Personally I respect nature, but don't like it to be near me. So I prefer to live in places without lawns, like apartments. If I found myself by some miracle in possession of a house with a lawn (in this economy???), I would seek to destroy the lawn and replace it with more house. House is much more useful than lawn. Until I had accomplished that goal, it would just be a useless mass and I wouldn't waste any time on it except to keep the footpath clear. The way white people are like "I want to be responsible for additional household chores so that I can have a useless biological dead zone that 'looks nice'" is nonsense to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weird to make this a race thing out of nowhere permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate to break this to you but lawns were invented by European aristocrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah, the lovely front lawn thicket. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Personally I respect nature, but don't like it to be near me. So I prefer to live in places without lawns, like apartments. If I found myself by some miracle in possession of a house with a lawn (in this economy???), I would seek to destroy the lawn and replace it with more house. House is much more useful than lawn. Until I had accomplished that goal, it would just be a useless mass and I wouldn't waste any time on it except to keep the footpath clear. The way white people are like "I want to be responsible for additional household chores so that I can have a useless biological dead zone that 'looks nice'" is nonsense to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weird to make this a race thing out of nowhere permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate to break this to you but lawns were invented by European aristocrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Personally I respect nature, but don't like it to be near me. So I prefer to live in places without lawns, like apartments. If I found myself by some miracle in possession of a house with a lawn (in this economy???), I would seek to destroy the lawn and replace it with more house. House is much more useful than lawn. Until I had accomplished that goal, it would just be a useless mass and I wouldn't waste any time on it except to keep the footpath clear. The way white people are like "I want to be responsible for additional household chores so that I can have a useless biological dead zone that 'looks nice'" is nonsense to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weird to make this a race thing out of nowhere permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate to break this to you but lawns were invented by European aristocrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weird to make this a race thing out of nowhere permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate to break this to you but lawns were invented by European aristocrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate to break this to you but lawns were invented by European aristocrats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) TIL having a lawn makes you white. If you wanted to slag off aristocracy you could've done that without making it a race thing though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Whiteness is a social construct invented to justify slavery. It's not a real race, it's a fake race. Insulting white people isn't a race thing. People who choose to identify meaningfully as white are all racists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I thought all races were social constructs or something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) All races are social constructs, but the degree to which they're harmful social constructs to self-ID as is variable. There are few good reasons to be angry with someone for identifying as maori or Haudenosaunee, for example. And getting mad at someone for identifying as black would be big time victim blaming and unproductive. But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history. And white people have garbage culture like lawns anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It’s not a real race, it’s a fake race. Insulting white people isn’t a race thing. All races are social constructs Uh oh But white? It was invented 500 years ago, Europeans already had less bad cultural identities, and it was a direct justification for many of the worst atrocities in history Isn't the whole concept of "race" fairly new and with it came bad shit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I identify as white simply because I recognize I have privileges other races don't have as often. You could be more specific and say I'm by coincidence a very large part Sami, but I'm not part of the culture, all my fully Sami relatives are really far back in the family tree and I've never known them, and people who look at me aren't going to see anything more than a white person, and thus I'm afforded the privileges of being white, so therefore, why call myself anything other than white? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (8 children) Once you have flowers planted they’re pretty easy to maintain. I have a much larger garden area than what’s pictured. Yes, in the spring I give up a couple of weekends to get it all established but after that it’s just watering it once a day (if required) and then enjoy it for the rest of the season. So, that was a long winded way of telling you that you are wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments load more comments (8 replies)
[–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not true for one simple reason: we need to plan NATIVE plants! They require near no maintainence and do extremely well. All the shit you can buy from a garden store is almost always non natives that weve all been tricked into thinking is somehow better. They aren't. They suck for the ecosystem and they suck to take care of. There is no care with native plants. There is only beautiful growth and a healthy ecosystem. Plant. Native. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) lol must be great living in a fair weather state where stuff doesn’t die every frost. That I’m works for places that can leave bulbs in the ground, lots of people need to remove even native bulbs since the frosts get too hard and will kill most of them. Native doesn’t mean zero maintenance, who told you that lmfao? It still requires maintenance if you don’t want it looking like garbage. Beauty is subjective, but yeah lack of maintenance is just laziness and claiming it’s beautiful is justifying the not wanting to deal with it. Native yards still need maintenance, flowers need to be deadheaded weekly while blooming for example. No one talks about the finer details, just glosses over how “simple” it is. Yeah if you let turn to shit it’s easy lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Dunno what "natives" you're planting, but if you have a true native landscape, there's very little maintenance. You just have to work with the right people (i.e. - not landscapers) to help select a true low-maintenance, lawn. If you plant the right mix, you can have a really nice looking lawn that has different native flowering plants throughout the growing season and will look really nice. If you're spending hours a day, or even hours a week, you probably want a very specific, manicured look. Or you didn't do the right planting mix. https://www.prairiemoon.com/ is a great resource for this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Native plants still need to be deadheaded, still need to be pruned and trimmed. Native plants still require maintenance, they just have better synthesis with the other plants. The time is for the amount of plants. Yeah having 4 plants in a small yard is easy work, but 4 plants in a large yard would look barren and empty… so more plants, more work. If 4 plants are 5 minutes of work a week, 40 plants is 50 minutes. For a similar yard of turf it would be 30 minutes of mowing. Now you have to maintain your grass, can’t mow since it’s not all turf, and still need to deal with the additional plants. It’s x+y, not x or y…. People who buy into this “native is easier” is being sold a bridge that requires more work down the road if they don’t want it to look like shit. For a few years it’s fine, and why every rants about it, because it hasn’t reached the issue point yet. Native plants thrive more, or should, meaning they require more work since they you know, grow and spread easier…. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're uneducated on the topic and talking like you have all the facts. I have a large property that looks like the top image, and it's extremely low maintenance compared to a manicured lawn. I don't have to dead-head flowers, because they're incorporated into a larger planting, so it looks perfectly natural to have a few flowers in multiple stages of their lifecycle along side the rest of the property. NORMAL nature looks beautiful and not messy. Sure, if you have a row of "native" flowers in a bed of mulch, they take maintenance. In that case, don't have a native lawn, you have a few native plants in an unnatural ecosystem. Natives are easier, much lower maintenance, better for the environment, and look much better unless you're used to flat, green, golf courses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent [–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I very much live in a cold climate with a deep frost, it's totally not a problem. Because the native plants are used to it! For many ifs part of their lifecycle: the seeds require the cold cycle before they will germinate. Very cool stuff. You don't need to deadhead your flowers: only if you're looking to extend the flowering time. Otherwise just let them do their thing. They'll flowers, then make seeds, and those seeds will contribute to the ecosystem. If you like, you can give me a rough region you're in (like a state and part of the state) and the conditions of the yard you're struggling with (dry/wet, sun conditions) and I'll try and dig up some resources! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) lol must be great living in a fair weather state where stuff doesn’t die every frost. That I’m works for places that can leave bulbs in the ground, lots of people need to remove even native bulbs since the frosts get too hard and will kill most of them. Native doesn’t mean zero maintenance, who told you that lmfao? It still requires maintenance if you don’t want it looking like garbage. Beauty is subjective, but yeah lack of maintenance is just laziness and claiming it’s beautiful is justifying the not wanting to deal with it. Native yards still need maintenance, flowers need to be deadheaded weekly while blooming for example. No one talks about the finer details, just glosses over how “simple” it is. Yeah if you let turn to shit it’s easy lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Dunno what "natives" you're planting, but if you have a true native landscape, there's very little maintenance. You just have to work with the right people (i.e. - not landscapers) to help select a true low-maintenance, lawn. If you plant the right mix, you can have a really nice looking lawn that has different native flowering plants throughout the growing season and will look really nice. If you're spending hours a day, or even hours a week, you probably want a very specific, manicured look. Or you didn't do the right planting mix. https://www.prairiemoon.com/ is a great resource for this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Native plants still need to be deadheaded, still need to be pruned and trimmed. Native plants still require maintenance, they just have better synthesis with the other plants. The time is for the amount of plants. Yeah having 4 plants in a small yard is easy work, but 4 plants in a large yard would look barren and empty… so more plants, more work. If 4 plants are 5 minutes of work a week, 40 plants is 50 minutes. For a similar yard of turf it would be 30 minutes of mowing. Now you have to maintain your grass, can’t mow since it’s not all turf, and still need to deal with the additional plants. It’s x+y, not x or y…. People who buy into this “native is easier” is being sold a bridge that requires more work down the road if they don’t want it to look like shit. For a few years it’s fine, and why every rants about it, because it hasn’t reached the issue point yet. Native plants thrive more, or should, meaning they require more work since they you know, grow and spread easier…. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're uneducated on the topic and talking like you have all the facts. I have a large property that looks like the top image, and it's extremely low maintenance compared to a manicured lawn. I don't have to dead-head flowers, because they're incorporated into a larger planting, so it looks perfectly natural to have a few flowers in multiple stages of their lifecycle along side the rest of the property. NORMAL nature looks beautiful and not messy. Sure, if you have a row of "native" flowers in a bed of mulch, they take maintenance. In that case, don't have a native lawn, you have a few native plants in an unnatural ecosystem. Natives are easier, much lower maintenance, better for the environment, and look much better unless you're used to flat, green, golf courses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent [–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I very much live in a cold climate with a deep frost, it's totally not a problem. Because the native plants are used to it! For many ifs part of their lifecycle: the seeds require the cold cycle before they will germinate. Very cool stuff. You don't need to deadhead your flowers: only if you're looking to extend the flowering time. Otherwise just let them do their thing. They'll flowers, then make seeds, and those seeds will contribute to the ecosystem. If you like, you can give me a rough region you're in (like a state and part of the state) and the conditions of the yard you're struggling with (dry/wet, sun conditions) and I'll try and dig up some resources! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Dunno what "natives" you're planting, but if you have a true native landscape, there's very little maintenance. You just have to work with the right people (i.e. - not landscapers) to help select a true low-maintenance, lawn. If you plant the right mix, you can have a really nice looking lawn that has different native flowering plants throughout the growing season and will look really nice. If you're spending hours a day, or even hours a week, you probably want a very specific, manicured look. Or you didn't do the right planting mix. https://www.prairiemoon.com/ is a great resource for this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Native plants still need to be deadheaded, still need to be pruned and trimmed. Native plants still require maintenance, they just have better synthesis with the other plants. The time is for the amount of plants. Yeah having 4 plants in a small yard is easy work, but 4 plants in a large yard would look barren and empty… so more plants, more work. If 4 plants are 5 minutes of work a week, 40 plants is 50 minutes. For a similar yard of turf it would be 30 minutes of mowing. Now you have to maintain your grass, can’t mow since it’s not all turf, and still need to deal with the additional plants. It’s x+y, not x or y…. People who buy into this “native is easier” is being sold a bridge that requires more work down the road if they don’t want it to look like shit. For a few years it’s fine, and why every rants about it, because it hasn’t reached the issue point yet. Native plants thrive more, or should, meaning they require more work since they you know, grow and spread easier…. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're uneducated on the topic and talking like you have all the facts. I have a large property that looks like the top image, and it's extremely low maintenance compared to a manicured lawn. I don't have to dead-head flowers, because they're incorporated into a larger planting, so it looks perfectly natural to have a few flowers in multiple stages of their lifecycle along side the rest of the property. NORMAL nature looks beautiful and not messy. Sure, if you have a row of "native" flowers in a bed of mulch, they take maintenance. In that case, don't have a native lawn, you have a few native plants in an unnatural ecosystem. Natives are easier, much lower maintenance, better for the environment, and look much better unless you're used to flat, green, golf courses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Native plants still need to be deadheaded, still need to be pruned and trimmed. Native plants still require maintenance, they just have better synthesis with the other plants. The time is for the amount of plants. Yeah having 4 plants in a small yard is easy work, but 4 plants in a large yard would look barren and empty… so more plants, more work. If 4 plants are 5 minutes of work a week, 40 plants is 50 minutes. For a similar yard of turf it would be 30 minutes of mowing. Now you have to maintain your grass, can’t mow since it’s not all turf, and still need to deal with the additional plants. It’s x+y, not x or y…. People who buy into this “native is easier” is being sold a bridge that requires more work down the road if they don’t want it to look like shit. For a few years it’s fine, and why every rants about it, because it hasn’t reached the issue point yet. Native plants thrive more, or should, meaning they require more work since they you know, grow and spread easier…. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're uneducated on the topic and talking like you have all the facts. I have a large property that looks like the top image, and it's extremely low maintenance compared to a manicured lawn. I don't have to dead-head flowers, because they're incorporated into a larger planting, so it looks perfectly natural to have a few flowers in multiple stages of their lifecycle along side the rest of the property. NORMAL nature looks beautiful and not messy. Sure, if you have a row of "native" flowers in a bed of mulch, they take maintenance. In that case, don't have a native lawn, you have a few native plants in an unnatural ecosystem. Natives are easier, much lower maintenance, better for the environment, and look much better unless you're used to flat, green, golf courses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're uneducated on the topic and talking like you have all the facts. I have a large property that looks like the top image, and it's extremely low maintenance compared to a manicured lawn. I don't have to dead-head flowers, because they're incorporated into a larger planting, so it looks perfectly natural to have a few flowers in multiple stages of their lifecycle along side the rest of the property. NORMAL nature looks beautiful and not messy. Sure, if you have a row of "native" flowers in a bed of mulch, they take maintenance. In that case, don't have a native lawn, you have a few native plants in an unnatural ecosystem. Natives are easier, much lower maintenance, better for the environment, and look much better unless you're used to flat, green, golf courses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) What’s so magical about native plants that you think they don’t require the same regular maintenance of any other plants? If you don’t dead head, those seeds will blow all over your yard, meaning you need to weed them, or your yard is a mess since it’s all over the place. Or the plants get so dense are competing with each other chocking each other out. I’m sorry this was never properly explained to you. People sell “native” yards to people who think they can neglect their yards. Theres a reason why they don’t show established yards in their marketing lmfao. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You are talking about a native patch in a non-native yard. That's not how this works. You make a native YARD. The fact that they spread seeds is a GOOD THING. It's not a weed, because it belongs there. It's self-seeding, it's self-maintaining. It's not magic, it's evolution. The plants are supposed to be there, they want to be there, the ground wants them to be there, nature wants it to be there. You're building a house in nature, not putting a tiny spot of non-natural nature in your lawn. The maintenance is less, but you still have some. You just need to make sure that invasives stay out, but past that, it's mostly self-maintaining. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Having one flower gets its seeds under another plant can cause issues of competition, even with native plants. Uhh native doesn’t mean self seeding or self maintaining. Your native plant isn’t native here and does the same exact thing unless it’s invasive… You claim I’m uneducated and you only spout marketing they sell to people who haven’t read or studied horticulture. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Heres a great resource so you can educate yourself instead of repeating marketing verbatim. Great point right here for you Because native plants are uniquely suited to their geography, they are able to grow with little need for human inputs. Natives require less water, fertilizer or pesticides. They simply need to get established and then you barely need to do anything. Apparently non-natives are the exact opposite. They constantly need watered and fertilized. They are always plagued by insects and need sprayed all of the time. If you see a sick or diseased plant in your neighborhood, rest assured, it's definitely a non-native. 🙄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I very much live in a cold climate with a deep frost, it's totally not a problem. Because the native plants are used to it! For many ifs part of their lifecycle: the seeds require the cold cycle before they will germinate. Very cool stuff. You don't need to deadhead your flowers: only if you're looking to extend the flowering time. Otherwise just let them do their thing. They'll flowers, then make seeds, and those seeds will contribute to the ecosystem. If you like, you can give me a rough region you're in (like a state and part of the state) and the conditions of the yard you're struggling with (dry/wet, sun conditions) and I'll try and dig up some resources! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're forgetting that Americans have been brainwashed to think that large tracts of unproductive land with zero biological diversity is a flex. And no one wants to be seen as some poor with bugs in their yard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* large tracts of unproductive land with zero biological diversity is a flex. You're right. It was absolutely a flex hundreds of years ago, for places like freaking Versailles. And we're all living like little kings out here, complete with turning a blind eye to disastrous effect. Meanwhile my Chinese neighbors are hard at work cultivating every last scrap of land they own. It's kind of amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* large tracts of unproductive land with zero biological diversity is a flex. You're right. It was absolutely a flex hundreds of years ago, for places like freaking Versailles. And we're all living like little kings out here, complete with turning a blind eye to disastrous effect. Meanwhile my Chinese neighbors are hard at work cultivating every last scrap of land they own. It's kind of amazing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, plants don't need to be kept with weekly. Maintaining a xeriscape or native landscape is less time and effort than a lawn. I've been slowly converting my lawn to larger and more native beds. I don't have to water, even during exceptional drought. I have to top the mulch up once a year. I weed (usually just grass) just whenever I spot a weed. Depending on the plant, I trim or cut it back to the ground once or twice a year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Flowers need to be deadheaded, trees and bushes need to be shaped so they don’t look like a mess or grow causing issues. Yeah neglecting the yard and letting it do its thing is simple, maintaining it properly so it doesn’t look like a mess and doesn’t turn to shit requires a decent of time and effort. Beauty is subjective and most people who claim the top is easier have yards that don’t looks remotely that good. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* Meh, depends on the plants. I don't really have any plants the bloom profusely for long seasons (perhaps only Echinacea, but those don't really need to be deadheaded either). Nothing I have self-seeds aggressively in my mulch beds. I can't even grow most traditional types of flowers because deer will just eat them, lol. I very much dislike the look of meticulously shaped shrubs, and many plants have attractive natural growth habits, IMO. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Flowers need to be deadheaded, trees and bushes need to be shaped so they don’t look like a mess or grow causing issues. Yeah neglecting the yard and letting it do its thing is simple, maintaining it properly so it doesn’t look like a mess and doesn’t turn to shit requires a decent of time and effort. Beauty is subjective and most people who claim the top is easier have yards that don’t looks remotely that good. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* Meh, depends on the plants. I don't really have any plants the bloom profusely for long seasons (perhaps only Echinacea, but those don't really need to be deadheaded either). Nothing I have self-seeds aggressively in my mulch beds. I can't even grow most traditional types of flowers because deer will just eat them, lol. I very much dislike the look of meticulously shaped shrubs, and many plants have attractive natural growth habits, IMO. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* Meh, depends on the plants. I don't really have any plants the bloom profusely for long seasons (perhaps only Echinacea, but those don't really need to be deadheaded either). Nothing I have self-seeds aggressively in my mulch beds. I can't even grow most traditional types of flowers because deer will just eat them, lol. I very much dislike the look of meticulously shaped shrubs, and many plants have attractive natural growth habits, IMO. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (3 children) I see the top one and think 2 things: a) That looks like a lot of maintenance And b) They conveniently left out spiders, all those other bugs will attract a shit ton of spiders and I hate spiders. I like ladybugs, dragonflies, butterflies and such, but not so much that I'm willing to deal with spiders and wasps. If someone has a way to solve both those problems I'm all for it lmao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 20 points 2 years ago (3 children) Snakes might eat the spiders... Large feral creatures like bobcats and wild dogs might eat the snakes... Bears could eat the above... At some point the detractions just might be outweighed by the benefits though:-). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 14 points 2 years ago There was an old lady who's an expert on these things. Perhaps she's still alive permalink fedilink source parent [+] spizzat2@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] MurphysPaw@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I know an old lady who swallowed a fly .... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Spiders are still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm well aware, that's why I don't advocate for their total extermination like I do mosquitoes lmao But they can do it away from me, those assholes don't need to hang out above my door or inside my car or under my outdoor seating to be part of the ecosystem... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fermion@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* I have lots of trees and shrubs in my yard with lots of spiders, but no spiders in the spots you describe. When they have better natural homes they're less likely to try to live in your spaces. permalink fedilink source parent [–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They're literally just vibing permalink fedilink source parent [–] pigup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 20 points 2 years ago (3 children) Snakes might eat the spiders... Large feral creatures like bobcats and wild dogs might eat the snakes... Bears could eat the above... At some point the detractions just might be outweighed by the benefits though:-). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 14 points 2 years ago There was an old lady who's an expert on these things. Perhaps she's still alive permalink fedilink source parent [+] spizzat2@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] MurphysPaw@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I know an old lady who swallowed a fly .... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 14 points 2 years ago There was an old lady who's an expert on these things. Perhaps she's still alive permalink fedilink source parent
[+] spizzat2@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MurphysPaw@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I know an old lady who swallowed a fly .... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Spiders are still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm well aware, that's why I don't advocate for their total extermination like I do mosquitoes lmao But they can do it away from me, those assholes don't need to hang out above my door or inside my car or under my outdoor seating to be part of the ecosystem... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fermion@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* I have lots of trees and shrubs in my yard with lots of spiders, but no spiders in the spots you describe. When they have better natural homes they're less likely to try to live in your spaces. permalink fedilink source parent [–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They're literally just vibing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm well aware, that's why I don't advocate for their total extermination like I do mosquitoes lmao But they can do it away from me, those assholes don't need to hang out above my door or inside my car or under my outdoor seating to be part of the ecosystem... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Fermion@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* I have lots of trees and shrubs in my yard with lots of spiders, but no spiders in the spots you describe. When they have better natural homes they're less likely to try to live in your spaces. permalink fedilink source parent [–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They're literally just vibing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* I have lots of trees and shrubs in my yard with lots of spiders, but no spiders in the spots you describe. When they have better natural homes they're less likely to try to live in your spaces. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They're literally just vibing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago There's a craze for plastic grass in the UK. It looks awful and you won't even get flies, let alone anything useful. Getting dog shit out of them is a nightmare as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) My landlord exactly. Dude hires people to spray the yard every year because God forbid ants try to approach the building. I've tried convincing him not to but he wasn't having it. I talked to my neighbor and it turns out the guy used to edge the lawn with scissors. Luckily my neighbor is way more agreeable and we're redoing his lawn more in line with the picture permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] L3mmyW1nks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) A toxic moat around the house might be a better option than sterilizing all life in the garden. Also cool to look at if you color it green and install some lighting permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Plain concrete, just pour concrete over the whole planet. No insects, not even the scary ones! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] L3mmyW1nks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) A toxic moat around the house might be a better option than sterilizing all life in the garden. Also cool to look at if you color it green and install some lighting permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Plain concrete, just pour concrete over the whole planet. No insects, not even the scary ones! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Plain concrete, just pour concrete over the whole planet. No insects, not even the scary ones! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I mean.... I agree with all of you...but I hate bugs...unless they are sea bugs those I eat. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Some people just want to see the world burn (or don't know better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) permalink fedilink source parent
