Wait, being lazy is good for the environment? I’m in.
If humans did literally nothing ever at all, the world would be teeming with a lot more life.
The question in my mind is more about whether the local environment serves us without sacrificing too much of the natural environment, and a high maintenance cosmetic lawn doesn’t serve me or nature at all.
Why not both?
It’s like fighting my instinct. I want to clean it up but I want birds to have bugs to eat in the spring. So I just compromise and do it in a way that pleases no one.
Leaving the leaves on the ground but painting them to match the grass. It’s a real pain in the ass to get the shading right.
My wife has gotten used to this but some of the neighbors still judge a bit. Then again, we’re the house with the hummingbirds and tons of other nesting migratory birds as well as the house with lightning bugs
Yeh just get the leaves off any pavement, steps or walkways or sidewalks. When I was a little kid I would wander the neighborhood with a rake or a snow shovel, etc. Sometimes old ladies would pay with money and tip with cookies.
Don’t listen to those kids. If you have to, just give them a snack
