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Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by Schroedingersat »

slothtrop wrote: post #230
drekk wrote: post #162

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Yeah Americans not wanting to interact with pollinators is why they are disappearing from our environments. You could achieve the same thing with zero-scaping also, not like you need to waste water to create a pollinator-free zone. But then it wouldn't look the certain way you want, would it? That seems to be the main concern for Americans.

Aren't there plentiful suitable environments for bees outside of suburbia? I don't think the issue is lack of environment so much as herbicides and destructive habits.

You mean all the monoculture crop land full of insecticide?

Or the overgrazed pasture with no flowering plants?

Or the industrial areas? I guess those at least have the occasional dumpster from a candy factory.

Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by tlavoie »

tharkun__ wrote: post #208
kansface wrote: post #185

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Rabbits don’t mow the lawn, they chew holes into it.

I move the guinea pig run across our lawn. Once they've cut it down "enough" I move it, so that it overlaps slightly. The wild bunnies do help. It's funny when they look at each other. Cavies inside the run, bunny outside, all of them chewing.

With chickens inside, this would be called a "chicken tractor." We have chickens, but they free-range for the most part, until they're locked out of the garden. They don't chew the grass, but do eat lots of other things. (And some plants, hence being locked out the garden for summer.)

Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by pfdietz »

nsxwolf wrote: post #205
pfdietz wrote: post #167

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Veblen goods. They display that you can afford them.

In the Midwest you don’t even need a 6 figure salary to have a lawn.

I wonder if there's a term for things that used to be Veblen goods, but then became accessible to the average person. Old useless antiques might fall in that category, kept around because they really meant something 100+ years ago.

Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by umeshunni »

rcpt wrote: post #87
amanaplanacanal wrote: post #46

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I’ve tried to imagine buying a house with an attached HOA. I already have three layers of government, what does adding a fourth layer get me beside more busybodies telling me what (not) to do?

Seems like existence of an HOA should decrease property values.

It directly and indirectly does - directly because it affects monthly payments and indirectly because it eliminates people who are opposed to HOAs

Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by aaron695 »

worik wrote: post #123
giantg2 wrote: post #85

"Mowing less frequently [than 3 weeks] is practical," Not in all areas. Some grasses grow much more quickly, especially in warmer areas. Many areas require a lower mow to inhibit mosquito reproduction. Every 2 weeks tends to work well for my lawn.

Mosquitos? They require stagnant water. Do people in power worry that rubbish in the lawn will harbour water? (I do not have mosquitos where I live)

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Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by spikej »

dbrgn wrote: post #190
silisili wrote: post #124

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Not OP, but here was my yard a few years ago. I never planted any, it just spread itself I guess. Very beautiful and attracted bumble bees and rabbits. Apologies for the quality, cheap Android cam 4 years ago, zoomed in at that. https://ibb.co/nsB7fFT

I don't have any clover here, but lots of flowers. We usually wait with the first cut in spring until the flowers are mostly gone. They displace grass unfortunately, but look very nice, and insects love them. https://i.imgur.com/sbqhEYt.jpeg

Wow! Do you happen to know what flowers you've got planted there? I would love to do similar. So far I've been doing lots of clover and putting in crocus bulbs randomly.

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Post by westurner »

beaconstudios wrote: post #223
marmakoide wrote: post #191

The previous owner of my house was maintening a picture perfect green. With the kids and the jobs, I didn't want to follow that practice. Too much time for a soil not made for this, lots of fertilizer, various chemicals... I fix the dead patches every spring and autumn with clover seeds and compost made from grass clippings, egg shells and vegetables/fruits peels. Zero fertilizer or weed killers, I remove by hand the…

That's awesome - natural and native ecosystems are what we should be aiming for, not sterile lawns. It's better for the environment and for biodiversity, lower maintainence, and you get the benefits of an ecosystem like surprise blooms. I don't know if you're aware of this (you probably are but I'm posting it for readers anyway) but there's a movement for doing this in many aspects of our nature management called per…

Rewilding (conservation biology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewilding_(conservation_biolog...

Climate change mitigation effects of rewilding > Carbon sinks and removal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation#Carb...

Permaculture : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by westurner »

eyelidlessness wrote: post #64
westurner wrote: post #20

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Another reason for textual chat meetings with URLs, #hashTags, @atTags, an agenda at the top, headings, and a prepared, accessible transcript!

I’m not sure why this comment is grey. I know this wouldn’t necessarily work for everyone, but hey voice/video meetings don’t work well for some of us either. Folks, do what works for you and your team. Not everyone has to do the same thing.

a #TeamPlaybook suggestion: add a copy-and-pasteable monospace markdown text template for #ThreeQuestions in the #TeamHandbook-specified chat #channel for #3qs:

  ## Date
  ### Agenda
  - 3qs
  ### @name
  Since, Before, Obstacles

Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)

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Post by K7PJP »

alliao wrote: post #231
marmakoide wrote: post #191

The previous owner of my house was maintening a picture perfect green. With the kids and the jobs, I didn't want to follow that practice. Too much time for a soil not made for this, lots of fertilizer, various chemicals... I fix the dead patches every spring and autumn with clover seeds and compost made from grass clippings, egg shells and vegetables/fruits peels. Zero fertilizer or weed killers, I remove by hand the…

did you receive any complaints?

Complaints? Unless he lives in a HOA, what right does anybody have to complain?
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