Gardening

Mossfern

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3. Native gardens don't need to look messy

Sat Oct 21, 2023, 02:51 PM

Oct 2023

A bit of planning and borders and pathways can make them look quite pleasant.

My next door neighbor does what she thinks is native gardening, but has so many alien invasive plants in her yard. I tried to educate them about invasive plants diminishing, even eradicating habitat, but was told that it was too much work for them to monitor and eliminate them from their property. They have a National Wildlife plaque on their property. They hand feed deer - so much for National Wildlife Federation quality control.

I'm a Master Gardener in New Jersey, so I know a bit about this issue.

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Homeowner Faces Citation for Her 'Woke' Garden: Native Plants, KY 🌿 [View all] appalachiablue Oct 2023 OP

Some of her neighbors are morons and their boring chemical yards are death zones. Eom diane in sf Oct 2023 #1

You can use earth friendly chemicals now. It's 2023, not 1970. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #7

It probably takes more time and thought than yours getagrip_already Oct 2023 #9

++ appalachiablue Oct 2023 #11

It is strange that you don't see dandelions anymore. They used to be everywhere. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #15

See post 21. niyad Oct 2023 #35

YES!!!! niyad Oct 2023 #36

I'm pretty sure you'd hate our yard. LuvLoogie Oct 2023 #16

I have no idea one way or the other. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #18

Just my personal experience: people who live in HOAs tend to be the "ma freedom" types. shrike3 Oct 2023 #27

Could be. But everyone no matter what must comply or they get kicked out of fined. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #30

Doesn't sound too American to me, ie., Democratic. But that's me. shrike3 Oct 2023 #41

Nothing was said in the article about an HOA, but keep on niyad Oct 2023 #37

Laugh away. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #38

Well done appalachiablue Oct 2023 #32

Her yard is a certified wildlife habitat, NOT "she is lazy". it niyad Oct 2023 #21

Yep. My neighbor brings me food. Thank god! jimfields33 Oct 2023 #39

I don't see why not. Would even make one of my special niyad Oct 2023 #40

Note that she made the changes (or started to) in 2005... RockRaven Oct 2023 #2

Saw that, the neighbors are dying to use woke... appalachiablue Oct 2023 #33

Native gardens don't need to look messy Mossfern Oct 2023 #3

Appreciate the expertise! calimary Oct 2023 #13

There really are no plantings, just whatever comes up. Mossfern Oct 2023 #14

She is also a Master Gardener DeschutesRiver Oct 2023 #17

Then she should know Mossfern Oct 2023 #20

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.". I found her garden niyad Oct 2023 #22

+1 appalachiablue Oct 2023 #34

Some of her neighbors, and whoever issued that citation, niyad Oct 2023 #4

I can supply the mint and some multiflora rose. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #5

Ahhh, a person after my own heart! That will be even more fun niyad Oct 2023 #6

or maybe catnip instead? DBoon Oct 2023 #8

Catnip (catmint) is a member of the mint family. It grows niyad Oct 2023 #23

Hah! You want the invasive species that ate the South ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #19

Actually, kudzu has various healing properties, in some niyad Oct 2023 #24

Poison ivy. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #28

Now there is a thought. niyad Oct 2023 #29

Purslane and kudzu ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #42

I had forgotten about purslane. niyad Oct 2023 #43

"Woke" gardening? That is sooooooo mind boggling STUPID! Auggie Oct 2023 #10

I had to read the title three times. I was certain I was not niyad Oct 2023 #25

i'm truly baffled barbtries Oct 2023 #12

I, too, practice woke gardening, Ocelot II Oct 2023 #26

Prospect neighborhood Bayard Oct 2023 #31