Where I live all the grass in peoples yards are not native and would absolutely die without constant upkeep by humans. I really don’t understand the point. I get that it looks neat and upholds the aesthetic of luxury yards, but I’ve never thought natural foilage was ugly and never understood why it was unwanted by people. The picture perfect at grass lawns are very uninviting for people to actually walk around on. At that point it’s basically the equivalent of putting plastic on all your furniture and telling guests not to sit on it
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zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Sure, if by “wild life” you mean insects and rodents that you probably don’t want in your yard. Also, your grass will be dead if you have a good amount of trees.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 4 days ago
scutiger@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Those lawns could be clover, and they would look even nicer, require less upkeep, and be better for the environment and wildlife.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Some people don’t mind sharing the land they have with them. Especially as the land available to wildlife decreases year on year.
Personally I’ll take insects and native rodents over sterile trimmed grass any day, especially for the front yard which doesn’t even get used aside from a ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ style lawn and garden manicure unspoken competition.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
You can refer to my comment to a different reply for more details, but this has nothing to do with “keeping up with the Joneses”, it has everything to do with keeping away mice, rate, cockroaches, and the like away from my vehicle and home.
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Hedgehogs love leaves. And fuck yes do I want some rodents in my yard. I love bunnies. Why would I not want cool ass beetles? And I’m sure the little lizard wouldn’t mind as well.
silasmariner@programming.dev 4 days ago
Akshually rabbits aren’t rodents…
Of course I entirely agree with your post and am just being anal
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Fine, then I love squirrels.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Hope you love snakes too
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Had a squirrel in my garden earlier today. Invasive bastard…
Could do with encouraging more wildflowers in the open area of my garden that has kinda become a lawn. I put down a meadow grass seed mix and clover. Not sure if much clover really grew though. Ground had been under concrete for decades that I removed after buying the house.
Daisies and dandelions seem like good choices to try and grow there, add some colour and they can usually manage being trimmed shortish too. Don’t have a lawnmower but my partner complains if I don’t strim it a few times a year. Tbh the pathway probably needs it now but leaving the rest over winter.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
You’re making a whole lot of assumptions about me here, which I’ll ignore.
Here are some reasons why I think this is a bad idea for many people. My good friend and neighbor just has rodents (mice in this case) do $7000 in damage to his car by chewing holes in his wiring harness. Also depending on your climate, said leaves are wonderful homes for cockroaches to breed, which I assume you don’t want unless you are insane. This was a major issue in Florida if I didn’t immediately rake of the vast bed of oak leaves. I have no problem with “good” rodents. Rabbits, squirrels, chipmonks, headehogs (are these even in the US? I’ve never see one of these anywhere I’ve live), etc. It’s is the mice and rats that can and will ruin your stuff and can majorly screw up your life. Good luck with your leaves.