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[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Mowing lawns is killing pollinators.

People put so much energy into growing grass. Seeding, liming, fertilising, watering... so they can create endless, mindless busywork and destroy biodiversity.

Lawns were originally a status symbol. A "hey lol look at me I have enough land I don't have to grow food." Shameful that it took off as a defacto standard.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I take advantage of not having an HOA and have curtailed lawn mowing to 3-4 "harvests" a year in order to comply with county ordinances. Clearly this is helping the local ecology as we have a robust population of lighting bugs every summer, unlike the neighbor's yards.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

That's actually amazing. For real, thanks for sharing that. I love hearing about these decisions can have such a positive impact in our small corners of the world.

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