sheldenthegirl:moniquill:iknowuthink:Expanded ConsciousnessGrowing food instead of laws is g
sheldenthegirl: moniquill: iknowuthink: Expanded Consciousness Growing food instead of laws is good, but can we PLEASE stop with the condescending bullshit that implies that people who choose to grow lawns must only being doing it for shallow ‘sheepish’ reasons? Maybe instead of snidely saying ‘trying to impress your neighbors?’ give people instructions on how to work with and/or fight their home owner’s association, how to appeal to a landlord, how to address local ordinances, and how to grow stealth food crops as ornamental plants in areas where food gardening is banned. Seriously, they will come bulldoze your shit and then bill you for it. We need more posts instructing people how to guerrilla garden and found community gardens, and fewer posts saying ‘You only have a lawn because you’re shallow and vain and stupid!’ All of this plus information about growing low-maintenance native lawns (which I will add later). Not everyone wants to or can grow food, but there are lots of options for those who want to keep a “traditional” lawn while improving biodiversity and habitat space. -- source link