This photo is from the Omaha, Nebraska subreddit. Just got it recommended to me and wanted some thoughts from this community
SilphiumStan
Dandelions are only marginally (if at all) better than turf grass. It’s better to plant native in a way that plays nice with your neighbors.
JapanesePeso
Looks like shit. Might just be an offtime of the season for it though.
BeginningBit6645
That is not the way to win over neighbours into planting native plants/making pollinator gardens.
ibluminatus
I think it’s better done outside of a residential area personally? Like that is more of an exhibit than like developing a place for native species.
Optimoprimo
They’ll happily sell those signs to anyone. You don’t need to actually qualify in any way.
This is an embarrassment. I think the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction with the way people regard dandelions. We shouldn’t invest so many resources and herbicides to kill dandelions, but letting them carpet the land and acting like youre doing some favor to nature is absolutely obnoxious as well.
sebovzeoueb
Probably looked really good not so long ago when those were all in flower tbh
musforel
The left is definitely better than the right.
Squire_Squirrely
riddle me this: why do people say dandelions are so beneficial for soil and magical because they have a deep root and transfer nutrients? Compared to the 1-2″ roots of turf grass? Sure, yeah, obviously. But there are other plants… so…
also if you were trying to grow baby perennials, a happy dandelion will grow massive monster leaves and I would imagine it’s going to shade out a bunch of slow growing stuff
SKRIMP-N-GRITZ
My back yard is lawn in the middle with fruit trees around the perimeter and some raised beds in the back. Classic Americana.
My front yard is 100% native plants. Nothing not Fromm my region. It’s glorious and takes maybe 4 hours annually of labor, zero water/fertilizer/pesticides.
That shit in this picture in the left is trash. I’m not a super fan of the right in the picture either, and when my kids a little older our lawn is gone. That left side is pathetic on every level.
dasWibbenator
For anyone willing to read! I will shout it from the rooftops! My new fun fact is that humming birds use the fluff of dandelion to make a stretchy nest. How fun is that?!
Aertolver
Dead head the dandelions down low so you don’t have the stalks sticking up. If you leave the actual greenery they will produce more yellow flowers. It’s a lot of manual work, as using a weed eater may be faster but risks tearing up the base of the plant.
FionaTheFierce
As an active no-lawn person – I hate this so much. It just looks like a messy, untended, disaster. This is someone who just stopped trying. They didn’t plan a no-lawn lawn. They didn’t research natives and get flowers that grow in the region. They just stopped mowing (and there is plenty of grass mixed in with those dandelions). A mess like this is what gives the no-lawn movement a bad name. As a neighbor I would be pissed about this unsightly mess.
That is not a planned wild life habitat.
xerthighus
People need to understand that a proper flower garden, regardless of the type, can be high or low maintenance. Just like lawns. This looks like someone who just wants a no maintenance landscaping.
Seraitsukara
There are so many better, native plants to use instead… This just gives the whole no-lawns movement/concept a horrible name. Too many think this is what we all want, and that fuels their pushback against it. It’s ugly, and it’s only marginally better than a lawn.
TakeMeAway1x3
It looks better than a lawn to me.
theveland
Sign doesn’t mean jack shit or legal weight. This is just a bunch of weeds.
TheCypressUmber
Does this say “Cestified”?
Acceptable_Duty_2982
For the love of god plant some natives, but I applaud you for starting somewhere.
Emmerson_Brando
Personally, I love it, but I bet this person gets a lot of side eyes from people who live nearby.
zrrion
It’s a start, check back in a few years and assuming the same people still live there I suspect it’ll have progressed
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This photo is from the Omaha, Nebraska subreddit. Just got it recommended to me and wanted some thoughts from this community
Dandelions are only marginally (if at all) better than turf grass. It’s better to plant native in a way that plays nice with your neighbors.
Looks like shit. Might just be an offtime of the season for it though.
That is not the way to win over neighbours into planting native plants/making pollinator gardens.
I think it’s better done outside of a residential area personally? Like that is more of an exhibit than like developing a place for native species.
They’ll happily sell those signs to anyone. You don’t need to actually qualify in any way.
This is an embarrassment. I think the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction with the way people regard dandelions. We shouldn’t invest so many resources and herbicides to kill dandelions, but letting them carpet the land and acting like youre doing some favor to nature is absolutely obnoxious as well.
Probably looked really good not so long ago when those were all in flower tbh
The left is definitely better than the right.
riddle me this: why do people say dandelions are so beneficial for soil and magical because they have a deep root and transfer nutrients? Compared to the 1-2″ roots of turf grass? Sure, yeah, obviously. But there are other plants… so…
also if you were trying to grow baby perennials, a happy dandelion will grow massive monster leaves and I would imagine it’s going to shade out a bunch of slow growing stuff
My back yard is lawn in the middle with fruit trees around the perimeter and some raised beds in the back. Classic Americana.
My front yard is 100% native plants. Nothing not Fromm my region. It’s glorious and takes maybe 4 hours annually of labor, zero water/fertilizer/pesticides.
That shit in this picture in the left is trash. I’m not a super fan of the right in the picture either, and when my kids a little older our lawn is gone. That left side is pathetic on every level.
For anyone willing to read! I will shout it from the rooftops! My new fun fact is that humming birds use the fluff of dandelion to make a stretchy nest. How fun is that?!
Dead head the dandelions down low so you don’t have the stalks sticking up. If you leave the actual greenery they will produce more yellow flowers. It’s a lot of manual work, as using a weed eater may be faster but risks tearing up the base of the plant.
As an active no-lawn person – I hate this so much. It just looks like a messy, untended, disaster. This is someone who just stopped trying. They didn’t plan a no-lawn lawn. They didn’t research natives and get flowers that grow in the region. They just stopped mowing (and there is plenty of grass mixed in with those dandelions). A mess like this is what gives the no-lawn movement a bad name. As a neighbor I would be pissed about this unsightly mess.
That is not a planned wild life habitat.
People need to understand that a proper flower garden, regardless of the type, can be high or low maintenance. Just like lawns. This looks like someone who just wants a no maintenance landscaping.
There are so many better, native plants to use instead… This just gives the whole no-lawns movement/concept a horrible name. Too many think this is what we all want, and that fuels their pushback against it. It’s ugly, and it’s only marginally better than a lawn.
It looks better than a lawn to me.
Sign doesn’t mean jack shit or legal weight. This is just a bunch of weeds.
Does this say “Cestified”?
For the love of god plant some natives, but I applaud you for starting somewhere.
Personally, I love it, but I bet this person gets a lot of side eyes from people who live nearby.
It’s a start, check back in a few years and assuming the same people still live there I suspect it’ll have progressed