A weed is just a plant growing in an undesirable location. If you had a tomato plant growing in your garden of orchids, that tomato plant could be considered a weed.
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Donkter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Also lots of weeds are considered weeds because they are invasive and choke out the native/more delicate plants in the area.
Mesophar@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Yeah, “weeds” are contextual to what and where the plant is. Of course it’s a made up concept, it’s not a classification of a type of plant, just a description of a plant you don’t want in a certain spot.
happybadger@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
soypoint-1 the person spraying drinking water and carcinogens on their lawn so they can spray piss on it and make green concrete and look like a psychopath to their neighbours
gigachad the person allowing dandelions to bring deep soil nutrients to the surface and clover to fix nitrogen in their biodiverse native lawn with natural rain capture features
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Dandelions are a gift!
abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Clovers are a gift. If you want a nice, evenly covered , green lawn, clovers are much better than grass.
Burghler@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What would this sort of gardening/lawn care be called if I wanted to find more concrete explanations and details towards achieving your own ecosystem
Slatlun@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
You can look at wildlife/pollinator gardening. There are different focuses like rewilding or even restoration. There are also a lot of companies willing to sell incredibly invasive plants while calling them nice things, so buy from a reputable source if you do buy plants or seeds.
punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
The sidebar here is full of good information: slrpnk.net/c/nolawns
Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Just tried smoking a CBD joint. God, it’s awful. Clear and direct legalization of THC containing cannabis is a must, otherwise all that Delta8/HHC/whatever chemically treated bud you can think of will be a major health issue everywhere.
MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Three of my favorite things: weed, environmentalism and sonic. 10/10 memery my dear lemmite.
LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I think people forget that the definition of a weed is simply “A plant that is unwanted.” Himalayan blackberry in the PNW is often a weed and it grows aggressively in a lot of backyards here, but lots of people keep it around because… blackberries.
dudinax@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
That’s how I do it. I’ve got a wide variety of plants which leads to a wider variety of bugs and even rabbits for a few years, but they were killed or run off by a cat.
starbrite@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Are there any benefits to thistles or sand spurs???
loaExMachina@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I didn’t mowm my lawn like planned this weekend because an bunch of violets and dandelions and other flowers popped up, and the bees were having a great weekend because of it.
Bonus points : The Scott’s Lawn truck came through and they didn’t even bother leaving a flyer on my door.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 weeks ago
There’s a garden in Göttingen Germany specialising in endangered “weeds” because many of them have been eradicated to extinction.
x00z@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We need to be planting more Miyawaki forests.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
My damn problem is invasives.
We used to have an all native yard. But as my disability has gotten worse, maintaining that state has gotten prohibitive. Then that fucking hurricane messed things up, and it’s pretty much wrecked in the terms of native plantings now.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s actually really pretty, all wild and green. But trying to get rid of stuff like kudzu is not an easy task, and it isn’t the only thing that’s taken advantage.