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I just saw an interesting post in Reddit. A guy posted that his big grass area has several big mounded areas which appear to have things growing wild. He’s not sure what to do with them. Consensus was to leave them alone and see what grows. They may have been put there as pollinator gardens. Some suggested throwing in some wildflower seeds. Kind of a novel way to cut down on turf and turf maintenance. The picture of it looked pretty cool in contrast to the nicely manicured turf.
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
Steve what subreddit is that? I should take a look.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
R/gardening.
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
I thought about suggesting that the SKs turn some of the lawn into wildflower meadow. Would be very cool. https://www.familyhandyman.com...e/wildflower-meadow/
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Thanks!
That might be nice too, I'll have to read about it.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
It depends on your level of commitment to biodiversity and other trendy landscape concepts. Its not going to be easy and it’s not going to be cheap.
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
wildflower meadows are very challenging to create and maintain. It's not as easy as just scattering some wildflower seed. As soon as you disturb the soil the weeds will have a party. And if you don't disturb the soil, the wildflower seeds won't take. Lawns are actually the lowest maintenance option.
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Minor Deity |
Quite coincidentally, a woman I follow on YouTube just today posted a new video on the subject of lawns. She has a wonderful channel called "The Middle Sized Garden". UK based but much of the information she shares translates to this side of the pond. https://youtu.be/dmf5hCzzJtw?feature=shared
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Yep, that's the impression I'm getting here... -_-
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Exactly. I spread a wildflower mix on our curved corner bed, underneath the street sign. It’s only about a 2’ x 10’ strip, but I have to constantly dig the stuff I don’t want out, and put the stuff I do back in. The blue flax tends to take over.
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Millions of Wildflowers Now Delight the Town After Vermont Couple Got Tired of Mowing the Lawn All Day I think part of the issue is what you regard as wildflowers versus weeds. I've had mixed luck cultivating patches of wildflowers. I think the easiest ground cover in the long run is substantial evergreens. One corner of my property is steeply sloped and I didn't like mowing it. Putting in some spruces, pines, and hemlocks eventually shaded out everything else and required maintenance only when high winds broke trees or branches. There was a heavily eroded hillside on the farm I grew up on that was planted in pines during the depression by a CCC team as a soil conservation measure. By the time I was a boy in the 1950s, there was nothing but pine needles beneath the trees, which had completely covered the hillside. Big Al
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
I love hemlocks...such a beautiful and versatile evergreen. Also: "A weed is a plant growing where you don't want it." (I like dandelions, too, but only from a distance, like in my neighbor's yard.)
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