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> The areas that are more pleasant might be hard to replicate in a small space. You can't create a forest microclimate in a 1/4 acre yard Yes you can! https:/
by khrbrt 7y ago
> The areas that are more pleasant might be hard to replicate in a small space. You can't create a forest microclimate in a 1/4 acre yard
Yes you can!
https://youtu.be/ng-VskDFPpM https://youtu.be/ng-VskDFPpM
It takes some work upfront to convert a lawn to a miniforest but it can be done.
Just imagine how wonderful suburbia could be if this was the norm and not the exception.
Edit: here's that same yard in early spring, where the fact that it's a normal suburban yard is more visible: https://youtu.be/CdthuPbn2uo https://youtu.be/CdthuPbn2uo . It's incredible how lush it is in the summer, you'd think it was miles away from civilization.
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- romaaeterna 7y agoThat is a good number of trees in a backyard. But it's hardly a microclimate. I imagine that I get more cooling from the (considerably larger) trees in my backyard. And it's nothing like the several degrees of cooling you get in a forest. Further, I don't see what those trees have to do with the article's advice about native plants. Surburbia might well be wonderful if that sort of backyard were the norm -- if we ditched the whole 19th and 20th century flight from urban agriculture -- I wouldn't mind being able to have a pig or a goat in the backyard, myself. But this article doesn't seem to have anything to do with that topic.