That is either a miniature keyboard or a massive bug
Neither, it’s a tick
Just pre-treat your clothes with permethrin, and spray some lemon-eucalyptus oil on exposed skin, and you’ll be fine. Or you can use picaridin. Really. (A single treatment of permethrin will last about 6 washes. Treat outerwear and socks only, not gloves, hats, underwear, or balaclavas. But DO NOT expose cats to wet permethrin; it is highly toxic to them. They should be fine with treated clothing though.)
We have some fescue mixed with invasive Bermuda grass. You can’t stop the Bermuda grass. It gets into everything. I fought it for years but finally just gave up.
If only it would grow like that. My lawn’s natural state is crabgrass and violence
A lot of the US is trying to grow grass that isn’t suited for it’s climate. It’s why it takes so much maintenance. Florida has that problem a lot. Maryland lawns don’t even need watering and the grass is great with little encroachment or weed problems. It’s a bit more varied with dandelions and wild aliums but mostly grass.
Mine always fils up with plantains and fennel plus the dandelions of course
It’s a bit more varied with dandelions and wild aliums but mostly grass.
Oh, you mean the biodiversity that nature and birds and turtles and squirrels need? Wish more places didn’t consider a boring green landscape the norm…
If you cut your lawn to ultra short levels and put fuckloads of pesticides on it, then chances are you arent actually USING your lawn anyways. If you actually use your lawn you know its way nicer to have a little wild growth with flowers and shit going on.
I’m very pro natural lawn. But this makes no sense
Tons of families use their textbook lawns for sports, playtime, etc
Maybe thats regional but in my experience living in a couple german cities, “textbook lawn” equals “unused lawn” that purely exist as wealth symbol. Not saying it cant be well kept but there are variying degrees of that.
I guess it’s a regional thing to touch grass
It may be a regional thing to have grass that’s touchable.
Short grass is important for a lot of yard games and more comfortable to lounge on. Wild growth seems nicer to look at and better for the environment but not better if you’re actually using your lawn.
Buddy has to bolt his chair back in to drive home too.
You graze cattle on your yard? Give the insects a break and do a No Mow May.
Is No Mow May actually a thing in the US?
Yes, it’s been slowly taking off, but it’s still very niche. People who participate seem to mostly be home gardeners.
Followed shorty by “angry letter from the health department June”
Followed shorty by “angry letter from the
health departmentHOA June”
I had a friend with a backyard like this. You could see the fleas jumping around.
fleas don’t live in grass
So glad I live in a place without many ticks and with no chiggers or other pests in the grass.
I like to mix mowed and unmowed parts of my garden.
It keeps the biodiversity but does not look abandoned.
Something like that :
To take it one step further, one can plant (native) wildflower seeds that further promotes biodiversity and attracts pollinators. Plus meadows are beautiful.
Did you take this picture in my backyard?
If this is your backyard you have a very nice backyard !
Thanks! It’s really similar to that, except it leads into a pine forest, not a deciduous one. I didn’t notice that until looking at it again. We moved an hour away from the city last year, and haven’t regretted it one bit. I thought we’d miss the easy access to city amenities, but we’re pretty self-sustaining out here, and it hasn’t been an issue.
This is what I do. Edges under 'edges don’t get mown, and I do sweeping corners (because who stands in the corner of the lawn?).
The best bit is, the wild sections are no more than 1m deep, so I can still lean in to remove non-native plants.
And yet, somehow, someone in your HOA will find a way to say “it looks abandoned” despite the clearly well-cared-for pathways.
You’re forgiven. When I was young, I genuinely thought “fiscally conservative” was a logical position until all the would-be fascists starting going mask-off.
I’m a fiscal conservative. I think the government should guarantee free healthcare for all in order to reduce federal healthcare expenses. And the government should give everyone who needs it free housing, because otherwise unemployment and disability pay for tenants is just going to be funding landlords on our tax dollar. And it’s definitely not fiscally responsible to let the bourgeois own the means of production and exploit the workers, so we should seize them to save money.
Wow, I love conserving human rights.
Given the image was uploaded to a .fr domain it might not be super accurate to assume they’re in the USA. Fun fact: there are almost 200 countries that aren’t the USA!
They do it at a local park now. There weren’t even any signs explaining why, I just saw it and knew. Felt great.
or maybe just don’t have stupid grass and plant some natural shit….
grass is unnatural?
most of the time
Many grasses are invasive species in North America, including most popular lawn grasses, so I guess it is in a way? Not sure that that’s what the OP was going for.
it is indeed
In Soviet Russia babushkas plant OGOROD!
Both are important, tall grass is how you find pokemon.
It’s also where you find ticks though. Fee fi fo ficks, I hate ticks!
Gotta catch them all!
Lyme juice is getting more popular i hear
Summer is soon. Soon I will be on dacha that has ogorod. Yummy.
I’m up to 5 ticks already this year
Last time i got one was like 7 or 8 years ago
Same here, but I’m cheating. I moved to where ticks don’t live.
This just makes me itchy.
