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Your comment deeply resonated with me. As someone who has been writing computer code for nearly 30 years now, I hold tangible experiences dear (esp. yard work)

• bmitc 5y ago
  Yea, yard work is a nice escape. I am fortunate to have recently obtained something that can be called a yard after having moved on from living in the city. I am doing my best to treat it as a conservation effort. We've started composting, I'm researching bird houses for the surrounding native birds (nesting only, no feeders), and I am looking for other ways to properly manage the place. I recently started researching how to have a lawn that's sustainable and acts as a carbon sink, and what I learned is basically the opposite of what the typical suburban yard does, which is usually to plant grass and weed out all unwanted weeds and species. Apparently that's quite bad for the soil and doesn't capture carbon well. A lot of people in my area have even cut down trees, put up fences, and made mono lawns. I found this article helpful. https://news.globallandscapesforum.org/38003/how-to-turn-your-backyard-into-a-carbon-sink/ https://news.globallandscapesforum.org/38003/how-to-turn-you... I really like the quote "We need to stop treating our soil like dirt". I'm looking forward to the spring and getting to plant locally native wildflowers. We had a bee or two in the fall when we first got here, and I'd love to see more activity.