• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    Frick. I moved into a house from being in apartments for many years and I have to say, lawn and Garden work, suuuuucccckkksss.

    I hate it. I have too much to do to deal with your… Growth.

    Can I replace my lawn with an emo lawn so it cuts itself?

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      1 hour ago

      Depending on your local regulatory environment, you can replace your grass lawn with a clover lawn which has the following benefits:

      • clover is more drought tolerant than grass and does not need to be mowed
      • fixes nitrogen for the soil like legumes
      • supports local pollinators and provides habitat for other ground level insects
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        10 minutes ago

        My current grass is patchy, I’m certain there’s little or no nitrogen. I’ve been meaning to pick up a small bag of clover seeds and at least augment my lawn with them to make it a bit more green at least.

        I’m fortunate that I was able to get a battery electric mower for my home shortly after moving in. So there’s no inconvenient gas fetching and mixing, just a pair of bigass fuck off batteries that live on the charger between mows.

        The real problem is that we have a garden in the back that I want to set up as a vegetable garden and I just haven’t had time to do the work and it’s currently over run with weeds. I’ll get to it eventually. I’m planning on killing everything currently in the garden with some kind of weed killer, not sure what yet exactly, but I’ve seen some places recommend a soap/brine mix that seems effective. Then cover it with that black landscaping/gardening fabric so shit doesn’t grow for a while, if that’s successful, build raised beds and fill them with fresh, untainted soil and grow veggies there… It’s going to be a project and I have no idea how I’m going to find time or money to do it, but the way things are going, I can’t afford not to do it.

        Anyways. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. I guess?