I grew up in a suburban neighborhood. There were no leafblowers, no ride-on mowers. Few people chemically-treated their lawns and those neighbors were generally seen as uptight, they were people who didn’t have kids or pets and their behaviors were generally frowned-upon. The neighborhood looked rat…

[image] octobertraveler: chemically treat it within an inch of its life Are humans not at all concerned about living with that. Around their home. In the air they breathe. ???

Oh no. No, they aren’t. They definitely aren’t. Suburban america is just little plots of barely alive grass that has been chemically treated to the point where nothing but the grass will live there.

[image] DianaStuder: Are humans not at all concerned about living with that. Around their home. In the air they breathe. Andrew Bird wrote a song about it: Spare-Ohs

I was moved by your post. Leaf blowers start at 8am sharp in my neighborhood, and you can usually hear at least one blowing until at least 6pm. I hardly see anyone raking anymore. I wonder if the people who get their yards professionally mowed and blowed are at work during the day and don’t hear …

Some of what has been said in this thread is also mentioned in this video about the history of dandelions. Dandelions and Civilization: A Forgotten History - YouTube

The community wants to make you conform and they have the HOA to fine you if you don’t. I have a 65 x 100’ lot. The front yard is 90% natives, planted specifically to support wildlife. It is a nightmare for the HOA and the tree butchering guys won’t leave me alone. I got complaints back in the '90…

[image] Thunderhead: Students need to be safe, day and night. Hedges, bushes, large tree trunks are hiding places. I have never seen any research establishing that people are safer after removing these things. You could just as easily argue that people would be safer in a mass shooting event,…

Good to know Did not appreciate this comment: “I would say these people are probably just pulling the idea completely out of their rear-end.” That idea was not pulled out of my rear end. It was formed by being attacked while walking along a hedge lined campus walk.

[image] joerich: I must say, I do not understand this mentality. Hear, hear. A couple of years ago, I was at our botanic gardens’ annual plant sale, happily picking up pots of violets. A woman looked at the pots and said “you know those will take over your lawn.” (The disgusted sneer doesn’t …

[image] cazort: when people make these claims that they are doing something in the interest of safety, I would say these people are probably just pulling the idea completely out of their rear-end. This is why I loved those “In Living Color” sketches featuring Fire Marshall Bill – a roast of t…

Where do modern landscaping practices come from?

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