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submitted 3 months ago by greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net to c/nolawns@slrpnk.net
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Guys, as the person who started no lawns on Reddit (and here) my yard is a disaster lol. I work outside all day and the last thing I want to do when I get home is yard work. That being said, I removed a bunch of invasives from my yard Monday and I'm working on a plan to tackle a corner of my yard the way I've always wanted to in NoLawns style with native plants. I'm always open to suggestions for the Chicago area!

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[โ€“] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guess it depends on where you are in Chicagoland, but if possible, you could burn your lawn. Much of the Chicago area should be a burr oak savanna . It's a fire-adapted prairie ecosystem. You could buy seed, but honestly, there's plenty of ways to get seed from native plants living in local ditches, waysides, and parks.

[โ€“] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah I think if I just start looking up natives and identifying them that could make for a fun hobby too as well as collecting seeds.