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A break from the lawn: can an iconic meadow seed wider change?

2y 11mon ago by lemmy.ca/u/troyunrau in futurism@lemmy.ca from www.cam.ac.uk

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/science/t/205362

A new study at King's College, Cambridge reveals the striking benefits of letting lawns go wild. But can others be persuaded to break with a 300-year old social norm?

great read! also, the seed site mentioned in the article is top notch (but hella expensive)

I do the cheapass version. When I'm walking around in August and September, I have a ziplock bag in my pocket. I collect seeds from wildflowers and dump them on my lawn before the first snowfall. I now have several types of clovers, asters, and a few other fun things that have colonized it. I still cut about once per month, but the wild rabbits like it now too. :)