That ounce of gold could buy a lot of earthworms to enrich the average yard or green area. There would be healthier soil and reduced need water. There would be greater benefit to the soil and small mammals, insects, butterflies, bees, and birds.
But most folks seem to think that golf-green neatness, heavily dosed with herbicide and pesticide is a better way to go. I disagree. Curb appeal has not proved that its need for such makes life better, but pushed by realtors and naturally companies which produce the products, it has become the norm for HOA’s et alia.
I stopped with the -cides years ago. I let the lawn grow for weeks in spring so that flowering greenery reseeds before I mow. I go by the old saw that a weed is just a flower someone didn’t want there.
Of course, the make the HOA happy, the very small front yard gets the prom treatment – without the poisons – but the backyard is busy all year long with birds at the feeders, new colors, and lots of butterflies.
Yeah, I know. I continue an old battle, but there are generations of proof in what I do. I’m good with that.
That ounce of gold could buy a lot of earthworms to enrich the average yard or green area. There would be healthier soil and reduced need water. There would be greater benefit to the soil and small mammals, insects, butterflies, bees, and birds.
But most folks seem to think that golf-green neatness, heavily dosed with herbicide and pesticide is a better way to go. I disagree. Curb appeal has not proved that its need for such makes life better, but pushed by realtors and naturally companies which produce the products, it has become the norm for HOA’s et alia.
I stopped with the -cides years ago. I let the lawn grow for weeks in spring so that flowering greenery reseeds before I mow. I go by the old saw that a weed is just a flower someone didn’t want there.
Of course, the make the HOA happy, the very small front yard gets the prom treatment – without the poisons – but the backyard is busy all year long with birds at the feeders, new colors, and lots of butterflies.
Yeah, I know. I continue an old battle, but there are generations of proof in what I do. I’m good with that.