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What to do with an acre of grass (lemm.ee)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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I don’t want this much ornamental grass, what do I do? Let nature take over a patch of it? Hire a landscape designer for a minimum of 10k? Please send help.

More info: I’ve stopped using -icides and I have a robot mower at 3.5”.

I have let a patch grow wild and added a couple apple trees and wildflowers. The city code enforcers want to mow it and fine me, but I don’t plan on letting them.

I’m kinda against fences because they feel pretty anti-social and I’m already only allowed to see people if I use a car. Then again, fences seem like the only way to combat these crazy deer.

I don’t want to design it myself because I want to believe that professional landscape designers do more than just plop stuff around on a whim.

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[–] callcc@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately things are not that easy. At least in western europe, if you let a patch of land sit there for decades, it will eventually turn into a forest. While forests are nice, they are not necessarily the most biodiverse places.

Some regular destruction of plants (mowing, animals grazing, etc) is beneficial for biodiversity.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Syntropic agriculture practices achieve this and some semblance of a forest at the same time. Chop and drop. Smother the grass with mulch.

[–] callcc@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Very interesting. Thanks for the link!