From the street my house looks abandoned but luckily I’m not keeping up with the Joneses

  • perestroika@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Looks nice.

    I do mow, but it’s more like making hay - when the plants have grown tall, and most varieties have managed to bloom. I also try to de-synchronize it from neigbours’s activities, so the landscape would never be the same in every direction.

    Also, mowing peppermint and dandelions is taboo in my yard. Peppermint blooms very long and repels mosquitos, while attracting lots of other bugs to drink nectar. Dandelions are just nice to look at, so I don’t do anything until they are “ready to fly”.

    If I didn’t cut hay at all, I would get Artemisia growing here and unfortunately their pollen can ruin a week for me.

  • GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just curious, have you sorted through the biodiversity of your yard, say with the help of a tool like iNaturalist or something? I’m curious how many species are native vs. exotic, and how many are common vs. uncommon, compared to both developed spaces and natural spaces nearby.

    • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No I havent but I’d say it’s like 80% native plants and the rest is mostly food plants I’ve planted like fruit trees, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, rhubarb etc. My house is one of the older ones in the neighbourhood so diversity of plants is much wider than on most other yards.