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Gardening

Phoenix61

(18,475 posts)

1. I started several years ago when I bought my house.

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Wed Apr 26, 2023, 08:28 AM

Apr 2023

The front yard was mostly a weed patch. Bit by bit I’ve planted fruit trees, berries, herbs, and flowering plants. Everything produces something that someone, me, or something, pollinators, eats. I have a drip irrigation system so I use minimal water and little fertilizer.

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Washington Post: The 'no mow' movement could transform our lawns [View all] Botany Apr 2023 OP

I started several years ago when I bought my house. Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #1

Worth the read Botany Apr 2023 #4

Linik to Tallamy's hub, and a short opinion piece by Tallamy ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2023 #9

I'm all in on no mow pollinator freindly lawn. werdna Apr 2023 #2

I do light mowing bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 #3

You should replace those barberries .... they are really invasive Botany Apr 2023 #5

Barberries are the only thing deer don't devour bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 #6

They really do cause ecological damage. Botany Apr 2023 #7

Deer resistant plants - 17 best shrubs, perennials and annuals eppur_se_muova Apr 2023 #11

I mow my back field about three times a year RainCaster Apr 2023 #8

Where can we buy the signs??? Omaha Steve Apr 2023 #10

I support both organizations Botany Apr 2023 #12

Thank you for the great fast reply Omaha Steve Apr 2023 #13

"A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule." WestMichRad Apr 2023 #14

Here are species native to southern Michigan that are "deer resistant" WestMichRad Apr 2023 #15

Rhus glabra too ... smooth sumac Botany Apr 2023 #16

Wish it would happen here Marthe48 Apr 2023 #17