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[–] dumples@midwest.social 20 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Over the last few years I have been working on getting into botany, herbalism and urban foraging. Basically I am working on trying to identify every plant I see in my neighborhood and finding what their uses are. So in my yard and walk around the neighborhood I look at every plant and try to see if I can identify it. Since its easiest to identify while flowering I guess for weeks and months until then to determine if I am right. As the seasons change I get better and better at identifying things after or before a bloom. It really brings magic and interest as I move around the world

[–] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Me too! I prune my yard of invasives and let the natives grow, cataloging with iNaturalist as I see new species. My yard was a dirt slope last summer, this summer it is full of a wonderful variety of plants! My crotchety gardener mother and aunt keep trying to offer me non-natives to transplant -- I tell them I've got plants growing already but thank you -- they say, "yeah, weeds."

Funnily enough, my yard with milkweed, primrose, violets, tickseed flowers, black-eyed susans, a walnut sapling, pepperweed, and st johns wort (not actually native here but not as invasive as some other plants) looks better than theirs and probably requires way less maintenance.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 20 hours ago

Low maintenance vis key. I do mow mine to remove any tree saplings because I don't want trees there. I do attempt to bring some native seeds in because the seed bed is mostly non-natives. Got to get those going.

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