Landscaping

[blue_shadows9]

So, it's spring, and I live in a house with a lawn and bushes and flowers and things.  Now is the time to deal with lawn care, a subject about which I knew absolutely nothing prior to quizzing Todd about it this afternoon.  Apparently mulch keeps weeds to a minimum.  Who knew?  Everyone but me, I suspect

Comments

[katyarizhaya]

I am enthusiastically in agreement with you, with only one caveat: taller plants carry higher risk of ticks.

[blue_shadows9]

That is true, and practicality is key.

[sunskimmer]

Yes! Long live the dandelions! Totally agree with you.

[girlziplocked]

"I swear, the neuroticism of American lawn care culture makes me want to plant beds of dandelions, deliberately and with radicalism aforethought, just to fuck with people's heads."

Now take this anger, apply it to 99.9% of American culture, and you have me at approximately aged 15 through 19.

[blue_shadows9]

I remember that! The comment about livable urban spaces was inspired by you, you know.

[dimethirwen]

I think you'll enjoy this.

[blue_shadows9]

I actually read about them a little when I googled "radical gardening" on a whim. It sounds pretty cool.

[kalbelgarion]

Reminds me of Duncan Black, a rather sarcastic blogger from Philly who writes about how great his "Urban Hellhole" is, how crappy restrictive zoning laws are, and how neurotic suburbanites treat his city like a theme park. You might like him.