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I know its a drop in the bucket, but I hope this can inspire more drops in the bucket. I tend my yard with plenty of plants that make food and habitat for bees

I know its a drop in the bucket, but I hope this can inspire more drops in the bucket. I tend my yard with plenty of plants that make food and habitat for bees and butterflies. This includes native milkweed for the monarchs, carrots, fennel, and parsley for the swallowtails, and many other flowering plants for the bees. Chemical warfare is completely banned from my property. All kinds of insects are here and in balance providing food for the rest of the ecosystem.

gE6n9m 4y ago
This is the way. I'm going to do the same even though I only have a balcony. I was thinking of building a fountain for birds too to help them cool down and bath in the dreadful hot days. That's the least I can do.
eggsmediumrare 4y ago
Same. Milkweed and goldenrod are really beautiful plants.
avgcorrection 4y ago
> I know its a drop in the bucket No. It’s a hobby. If I set up my own email server, I’m not fighting the Gmail Dominance. I’m pursuing a hobby.
- algoatecorn 4y ago
  Are you saying that intermittent pollinator gardens don't serve to bolster the ecological network? Because that would be wrong. Every bit helps and even small gardens have a large impact.
- ricardobeat 4y ago
  If 10 million people set up their own e-mail servers, yes, you're fighting GMail. It starts somewhere.
- ddejohn 4y ago
  https://www.theonion.com/how-bad-for-the-environment-can-throwing-away-one-plast-1819571260 https://www.theonion.com/how-bad-for-the-environment-can-thr...
  - avgcorrection 4y ago
    Plastic recycling was a propaganda campaign by the plastic industry in order to fool the world into thinking that using plastics in the first place was sustainable. This is a documented fact. Maybe it wasn’t back in 2010. That the “the problem” being Joe Beergut throwing a bottle in the trash instead of producing metric tonnes of it every day in the first place is being (was being) portrayed as “parody” is an impressive feat that one can credit to that campaign. > Likewise, had they not been so tired, and busy, and stressed, citizens making up the equivalent of three major metropolitan areas told reporters that they probably wouldn't have driven their minivans down to the corner store. America is designed for ridiculous urban/suburban sprawl, hideous parking lot squarage, putting commercial shops in can-only-be-driven-to outskirts of populated areas, making anti-pedestrian “Jay Walking” laws (pushed by automanufacturers), decimating poor communities by demolishing them in order to put highways through them so that commuters can still get stuck in rush hour traffic, having an embarassing public transportation system where even the train connection in the giant metropolis Philadelphia—New Your et al hasn’t improved in decades. And so on. Central planning creates that kind of horrible infrastructure. Not minivan-driving boogeymans. But good effort on posting that link. It managed to elevate my blood pressure a little here in the morning. A good start to the day!
    - ddejohn 4y ago
      I'm amazed you put this much effort into poking holes in an onion article. You entirely missed my point. This thread isn't about plastic recycling. It's about the GP saying "I'm doing my part" and you condescending to them. The point I was making was > "how helpful could planting pollinator-friendly flowers in my yard be?", wonder 30 million people This was in an effort to call out your crappy attitude. The sentiment still works, even if plastic recycling is a scam.
koheripbal 4y ago
I used to spray for mosquitoes, until I noticed it also kills all the fire flies. I've tried other solutions, but now I mostly just suffer :( One improvement that really worked was adding an electric bug zapper inside the house so at least I'm not harassed while I sleep. Also the suction plungers for a recent bite surprisingly really do work.

gE6n9m 4y ago

This is the way. I'm going to do the same even though I only have a balcony. I was thinking of building a fountain for birds too to help them cool down and bath in the dreadful hot days. That's the least I can do.

eggsmediumrare 4y ago

Same. Milkweed and goldenrod are really beautiful plants.

avgcorrection 4y ago

> I know its a drop in the bucket No. It’s a hobby. If I set up my own email server, I’m not fighting the Gmail Dominance. I’m pursuing a hobby.

algoatecorn 4y ago
Are you saying that intermittent pollinator gardens don't serve to bolster the ecological network? Because that would be wrong. Every bit helps and even small gardens have a large impact.
ricardobeat 4y ago
If 10 million people set up their own e-mail servers, yes, you're fighting GMail. It starts somewhere.
ddejohn 4y ago
https://www.theonion.com/how-bad-for-the-environment-can-throwing-away-one-plast-1819571260 https://www.theonion.com/how-bad-for-the-environment-can-thr...
- avgcorrection 4y ago
  Plastic recycling was a propaganda campaign by the plastic industry in order to fool the world into thinking that using plastics in the first place was sustainable. This is a documented fact. Maybe it wasn’t back in 2010. That the “the problem” being Joe Beergut throwing a bottle in the trash instead of producing metric tonnes of it every day in the first place is being (was being) portrayed as “parody” is an impressive feat that one can credit to that campaign. > Likewise, had they not been so tired, and busy, and stressed, citizens making up the equivalent of three major metropolitan areas told reporters that they probably wouldn't have driven their minivans down to the corner store. America is designed for ridiculous urban/suburban sprawl, hideous parking lot squarage, putting commercial shops in can-only-be-driven-to outskirts of populated areas, making anti-pedestrian “Jay Walking” laws (pushed by automanufacturers), decimating poor communities by demolishing them in order to put highways through them so that commuters can still get stuck in rush hour traffic, having an embarassing public transportation system where even the train connection in the giant metropolis Philadelphia—New Your et al hasn’t improved in decades. And so on. Central planning creates that kind of horrible infrastructure. Not minivan-driving boogeymans. But good effort on posting that link. It managed to elevate my blood pressure a little here in the morning. A good start to the day!
  - ddejohn 4y ago
    I'm amazed you put this much effort into poking holes in an onion article. You entirely missed my point. This thread isn't about plastic recycling. It's about the GP saying "I'm doing my part" and you condescending to them. The point I was making was > "how helpful could planting pollinator-friendly flowers in my yard be?", wonder 30 million people This was in an effort to call out your crappy attitude. The sentiment still works, even if plastic recycling is a scam.

koheripbal 4y ago

I used to spray for mosquitoes, until I noticed it also kills all the fire flies. I've tried other solutions, but now I mostly just suffer :( One improvement that really worked was adding an electric bug zapper inside the house so at least I'm not harassed while I sleep. Also the suction plungers for a recent bite surprisingly really do work.