- manuallybreathing ( @manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml ) English2•5 hours ago
Telling my neighbours I’m studying successional plant communities over the next 10 years, and never gardening again
- doctordevice ( @doctordevice@lemmy.ca ) English5•6 hours ago
See, I did the whole “leave the leaves” thing last year and it completely killed the vegetation under my big maple tree. It was kind of nice since it gave me a chance to replace that grass with clover, but now I don’t want the clover to die.
It’s been a year and we will have maple leaves from last year that haven’t decomposed. Not quite sure what I’m supposed to do.
- manuallybreathing ( @manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml ) English2•5 hours ago
Leaving all of them is in itself a human impact on the environment, you wouldnt find a single maple in a forest, but you also wouldnt find a field in a forest. if youre concerned about bugs I’d still be removing at least some leaves
really theyre a resource I’d collect them for compost heaps
- LallyLuckFarm ( @LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org ) English25•10 hours ago
My wife has gotten used to this but some of the neighbors still judge a bit. Then again, we’re the house with the hummingbirds and tons of other nesting migratory birds as well as the house with lightning bugs
- JoYo ( @JoYo@lemmy.ml ) English1•6 hours ago
until it snows, then it becomes a slip n slide for all.
- Blackout ( @Blackout@fedia.io ) 10•10 hours ago
It’s like fighting my instinct. I want to clean it up but I want birds to have bugs to eat in the spring. So I just compromise and do it in a way that pleases no one.
- CosmicTurtle0 ( @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•8 hours ago
The biggest issue for me is when neighbors rake their leaves and my leaves blow over to them. I feel terrible about it.
- unemployedclaquer ( @unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ) English2•9 hours ago
Yeh just get the leaves off any pavement, steps or walkways or sidewalks. When I was a little kid I would wander the neighborhood with a rake or a snow shovel, etc. Sometimes old ladies would pay with money and tip with cookies.
Don’t listen to those kids. If you have to, just give them a snack