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Love this in so many ways!!! In the process of turning our traditional grass yard to a more
Biodiverse environment for bees and birds and plants and growing our own food. I know nostr:npub1dgpt04w4c88wc0g262xaw8zvlm4mvwtmjhl0tn2sxtyjywsn6q4qt8ka3a always posts good gardening info and into this.
🤘🏼💜
the problem with this setup: when they spray the other area with roundup
it will come to your biodiverse area too and kill many useful insects
and it will drain into the ground and contaminate your area too
when you water the plants and drink the water
i thought they stopped selling roundup
glyphosate is the most used -very toxic for humans and animals-herbicide used worldwide. it is made by monsanto which also sells dead crops to farmers who need to buy the artificial crops from monsanto every year because gmo crops cannot reproduce themselves.
in most countries glyphosate is marketed as roundup.glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the united states. monsanto was sold to the german company bayer a few years ago. meanwhile china is also producing glyphosate. worldwide monsanto has a market share of 90%
i know, i live in stl where bayer/Monsanto research centers are located
That's not true... I maintain both and glysophate does not harm insects. I think both are necessary. Grazing animals like monocrop grass fields to eat from. Hating lawns is just an excuse for a shitty yard and it's hip. My backyard is wildflowers and gardens, my front is nice monocrop Bermuda. The deer graze in the front. The garden thrives in the back.
you let your kids play in the front yard where you use glysophate?
No short term effects!
All the time. They can walk around barefoot in the nice grass without stepping on all sorts of bad things. Also, you don't use glysophate on the grass... That would kill it. 2,4-d is the general purpose broadleaf weed killer used on turf. Glysophate kills everything. It's for the sidewalk cracks and bush beds where the mulch didn't surprise weeds and there are too many to pull or the pinestrae sideyard that has a ton of weeds pop up every now and then. A well maintained front yard doesn't need many chemicals. If the grass is healthy, you don't need to put anything on it except preemergent twice a year. Pre emergent only stops seeds from germinating.
I know my grass, chemicals and nature and I love my wildlife and garden. As with all things there is a balance. A yin and yang. All weeds and no turf just as bad as all turf and no weeds. This trend of hating on yards can actually serve to harm the environment as it lets invasive species take over. We as humans have a responsibility to take care of our environment and that means maintaining part of the environment and preserving native species.
Without maintenance our world would be all hogs iguanas fire ants, kudzu and dandelions. No diversity.
I am totally going to use this as my justification for why my lawn is 99% weeds and 1% grass 😂
No both are good.
I will be the first admit that my decision to embrace dandilions, clover, amd furns was due in a large part to laziness.
But you have to admit this is pretty (even if it didn't last long)
