Comment on The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement

theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because ants can live on grass but not pavement? Lawn is bad for biodiversity but concrete is much worse.

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  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s the white house. It gets sprayed for insects.

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    • Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      They should spray a lot more, plenty of bugs there.

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      • NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You need to get the 12 gauge spray for the kind of bug you’re thinking of.

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• socsa@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It's ugly and trashy

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• Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because it’s a garden?

  That being said or pre Wilson, it actually had garden beds where the lawn was

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