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> I do my yard work, 1 acre, mowing, edging, trimming, leaf blowing, raking, etc I truthfully can't imagine caring about how my yard looks that much. It will
by candiddevmike 2y ago
> I do my yard work, 1 acre, mowing, edging, trimming, leaf blowing, raking, etc
I truthfully can't imagine caring about how my yard looks that much. It will get mowed when it gets too long but otherwise I let whatever wants to grow, grow, and spend maybe an hour tops on it every couple of weeks. My family would much rather do things with me than see me toil away on a green hellscape.
- willturman 2y agoGrass is literally a hellscape for pollinators and the only thing that spends time on most lawns is a mower. I don’t understand it either. “My family gets to see me swear at my old cars that get 10mpg that I insist on owning and somehow justify by imagining they’re learning anything beyond another datapoint as to why we shouldn’t all own and maintain lifeless landscapes and pollution machines that only serve to stroke our fragile egos”
- unclad5968 2y agoI'm sure you have hobbies other people could insult you for too and if you don't you likely don't have any hobbies at all.
- willturman 2y agoI like long walks on the beach and not bending over backwards attempting to justify my unsustainable environmental impact and consumption habits. Shoot.
- mrmlz 2y agoYou could be doing something useful with your life instead of wandering aimlessly. There are people starving you know.
- willturman 2y agoOh! Why didn’t I think of that? Thank you anonymous commenter for steering my existence towards a path of ambiguous and rooted utility!
- bluGill 2y agoMaybe your grass, but my grass is full of clover, and other wild flowers. I save a lot of money on chemicals and it looks good enough.
- willturman 2y agoI don’t have any grass of my own but just enjoyed a patch above the Dufferin terasse in Quebec City. For others interested in alternative options to maintaining an otherwise lifeless lawn Re:wild is an organization dedicated to finding solutions to bring pollinators and biodiversity back to our cities and neighborhoods. https://www.rewild.org/ https://www.rewild.org/
- lupire 2y agoThey can tend your garden with you.
- kelnos 2y agoOh man, agreed. When I a teenager, my family moved to a house that had 3 acres of grass. At our previous house (1/2 acre), we just had a standard push mower, and that was fine. Now we had to buy a small tractor. I remember being tasked to mow those 3 acres when my dad deemed me old enough, but he would always scold me if I did it too quickly, because he thought it wasn't safe to run it at its top speed on our hilly yard, plus he believed the tractor cut poorly if you went to fast. Overall it was just a huge waste of time and money for everyone involved. At least the tractor had a plow attachment that was useful for clearing the driveway of snow in the winter, so it wasn't a single-task purchase. Then again, if we had a smaller plot of land, the driveway would have been short enough to handle with shovels, so... As an adult, now we have a house out in a mountainous area where there's snow on the ground for as long as 5 or 6 months out of the year. Grass doesn't really survive there, so most of the land is just dirt or whatever strange weeds/plants will grow on it on their own. Much easier to deal with.