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No Mow May and How I Learned I'm Allergic to Grass
(lemmy.world)
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First those nasturtiums are beautiful!!
I'd would be curious how others feel, but for me #nolawns is a long term goal or process and a part of that process is actually mowing.
I tried stopping mowing and I loved all the different flowers and grasses that grew. But we were quickly over run by a rat sized vole that loved the habitat. Then I also noticed I wasn't keeping up with topping or pulling all the different plants that I didn't want propagating (thistles and other invasives).
Anyway I think having lawn is on my path to nolawn. I can onnly take on so much space at a time, so I just keep converting areas to no lawn areas and I continue to mow the rest.
Yeah this topic was actually something we added to the Reddit wiki. Unfortunately grass just holds up well up traffic so I feel like most yards that have kids and pets will have at least some grass and I think that's fine. It's funny because it's called no lawns but it's more like, less lawn more natives. But that was a discovery we made song the way.
Yeah as with everything the idea more nuanced then it's slogan, "NoLawns!". I appreciate the NoLawns sentiment and simplicity of the slogan (for lack of a better word). I can see that maybe "Less Lawns, More Native Plants" isn't quite as catchy. :P
Haha yeah definitely less catchy