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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year 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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