+1 to native wildflowers. They love crap soil. They don’t need watering after germination. They re-seed themselves. They support native bees (we could talk about the harm European Honey bees do to natural habitats) and they are cheap and easy.
It's like my butterfly bushes are considered invasive by the state of Oregon but the pollinators sure do love them.
I live on a postage stamp. The OCD in me really appreciates the comfort and security that's implied by a perfectly manicured lawn. I even struggle to leave my wildflowers "messy" so they will reseed. I get it. They are super fun to play on too. I had a side yard as a kid and we murdered ALL the grass playing on it. That said, there is still an absurdity about it all that tickles me. Especially if a homeowner is doing the yardwork themselves. Maintaining something like this is madness. I'm not trying to throw too much shade at every lawn. They have a place. But ya know in America, enough is never enough and I like to giggle at lawn Nazi's.
Clever idea! I also have some barrel hoops laying around...^ Thank you. I’m just sowing outside. Yeah the package said to plant later. I bought two packages and was only using 1/2 of ione of them. If the milkweed doesn’t come up, at least I’ll sprout some of the weeds ahead of time
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I used a couple rings from a rotted out barrel to make a tiny “raised bed” for the spots I seeded. Nothing fancy, I just wanted a way to remember where to water and weed.
I was thinking about using them to grow little spots of turf grass amongst the wildflowers I'm seeding all over the “backyard” Kinda like an inverted lawn to flowerbed arrangement. A couple of spots just big enough to put a beach chair on.
Yes. But I don't know the variety. Red and delicious. My wife makes a great strawberry jam with some of them.
