leor37•6d ago

YouTube recommended me a video about rewilding a suburban lawn and I actually watched the whole thing...

I used to think those native plant people were just trying to make gardening harder. Then I saw this one from a guy in Ohio who just stopped mowing his backyard for 2 years. He showed a chart of how many more moths and birds showed up just from letting weeds grow. 47 species of moths in year two compared to 5 in year one. That number hit me. Now I'm looking at my own patch of grass differently. Anyone else get pulled into something you thought you'd hate?

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avery_walker306d ago

That Ohio video got me too. I watched it three times. Now I've got a patch in my backyard I just let go wild. It's only been one season but I saw monarch caterpillars on some milkweed that just showed up. Never saw that in 10 years of keeping a perfect green lawn. My neighbor keeps giving me dirty looks but honestly the bees don't care.

tessa_kim36d ago

My patch brought in seven species of bees last summer alone.