No Lawns

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A community devoted to alternatives to monoculture lawns, with an emphasis on native plants and conservation. Rain gardens, xeriscaping, strolling gardens, native plants, and much more! (from official Reddit r/NoLawns)

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is the way I'm doing stuff. I only have electric yard tools, and really only mow when I have to for the city. I'm hoping to replace most of my front lawn with garden beds over the coming years!

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I currently only have hand powered yard tools aside from the gas powered lawnmower that came with the house. As long as you stay on top of the pruning hand tools get the job done. I discovered a 20+ foot tall tree hiding in a larger pine when I went to pull a vine off of it and still managed to chop it up with the handsaw for normal city collection. Poured some stump killer on the stumps and one full spring later (I did this at the end of winter when it was nice and cool out, and everything was still dead/hibernating) only one stump shows any signs of life out of the 4 trees I chopped down, and it might even just be a new shoot.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As long as you stay on top of the pruning hand tools get the job done

Ah, you've hit me with my ADHD kryptonite, remembering to regularly do (and actually completing) normal tasks like that.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago

I happen to have family members with birthdays in early March and early April, so I just remember to time it between those two dates. Y'know because just going "it's March it's time to cut back the weeds!" Isn't enough

I also do a daily bike ride around sunset, and I try to do a very quick walk around the yard before/after which gives another opportunity to grab thr loppers and chop a couple of things that are growing in a bad spot