Thinking back upon #Summer memories, walking around #ButchartGardens - on #WsanecTerritory.
Thinking back upon #Summer memories, walking around #ButchartGardens - on #WsanecTerritory.
Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago https://www.byteseu.com/745982/ #Barack #DC) #design #DonaldJ #Fla) #landscaping #MarALago(PalmBeach #Melania #Obama #Politics #PresidentsAndPresidency(US) #trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #WhiteHouseBuilding(Washington #WhiteHouseHistoricalAssn
One of the projects we completed to prepare for a house sale was an overhaul of our front lawn, including eliminating a firepit and pea stone sitting area. Here's the before ( mid-May) and after (today after a fresh cut). Grew in nicely.
Trying something new this week - a Friday wine & cheese open house, from 5pm to 7pm. Our agent has had some success with the tactic this summer, and tipsy buyers might be a good thing.
UT adapts campus landscaping to climate change. #landscaping #Texas #climatechange https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/ut-adapts-campus-landscaping-to-climate-change/
Replacing some or all of your #lawn with native plants and food is one way to support each other and the environment – but it truly does so much more than that.
Here are some significant research-backed and expert-approved benefits you’ll experience when you make the switch.
#nolawn #nolawns #rewilding #gardening #biodiversity #cities #urbannature #insects #ecology #landscaping #ediblelandscaping #mentalhealth #bees
https://www.rewildingmag.com/6-reasons-to-downsize-your-lawn/
"We are a traumatized people living in a traumatized ecosystem. Our history and culture have profoundly alienated us from nature, from our own natures, from each other’s natures."
#rewilding #nolawns #landscaping #restoration #nature #wildlife #gardening
"Everything that birds really need is provided by a healthy ecosystem: berries, seeds, insects and other invertebrates.
"It’s diversity that makes for a well-planned bird garden, which is very different from what many people have always done: put seeds in a feeder and call it a day."
#rewilding #birds #nativeplants #biodiversity #insects #gardening #restoration #landscaping
https://www.rewildingmag.com/we-need-to-rethink-how-we-feed-wild-birds/
San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to #recycle #wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for #toilets and #landscaping. This #decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing #water scarcity. Curious, how long can such a system be closed-loop before TDS or increase in chemicals becomes detrimental to system? https://e360.yale.edu/features/on-site-distributed-premise-graywater-blackwater-recycling
Our ignorance of the natural world is discouraging.
The “gardener” for my building throws leaves and trimmings in the trash. Vital organic matter, just thrown away. Some gardner.
Homeowners around me have been putting down fake grass. A 1,000 year drought, and the response is throwing more plastic on the ground.
We have no idea what we’re doing, and we’re not trying to learn.