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berryjam , in What to do with an acre of grass

Look into Miyawaki forests

klemptor , in They Came in the Night

Those little furry fuckers. They ate my begonia :(

merde , in What to do with an acre of grass
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Doombot1 , in Hugelkultur poppin' up pollinators

I’d not heard of hugelkultur before - interesting!

FriedRice OP , in where are you gardening?

So it looks like I'm right. Most from US. Its not a problem, I think its interesting to see what grows at your place, and when . right now I can harvest Strawberry's ,peas (?) And soon some Kale. Imworkinhg om a ecological garden. Where no poison is used, and allwhats the garden produces stays in thecircle of the garden. 🙂

Nachorella , in They Came in the Night

Maybe grow some stuff they like to eat around the perimeter.

MikeOToxin , in where are you gardening?

Southwest Saskatchewan, Canada.

-40° winters, 40° summers.

I do a lot of xeriscaping and rock gardens.

FriedRice OP ,

Hey. What's xeriscaping?

MikeOToxin ,

Basically a drought-tolerant garden that needs very little to 0 irrigation. Lots of gravel, no lawns (fuck lawns entirely), native plants to the area you live, etc etc.

It's super interesting, I definitely recommend looking into it.

stringere OP , in Hugelkultur poppin' up pollinators

Logs and filler were from a pine we cut down, pampas grass and various fallen branches, and lots of trimmed wisteria. There's a paper bark birch just off camera on the right along with a crepe myrtle.

The flowers are from on of those seed blankets. I didn't have time this year to cultivate perrenials so went with an easy colorful first year.

Eventually expanding this little garden to turn that side yard into a miniature native plant meadow.

NataliePortland , in Hugelkultur poppin' up pollinators
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Oh very interesting! Can you give some background about the hugulkultur bed? When did you make it? What kind of logs and how deep are they? Well rotted or more fresh? Is this the first year?

Prontomomo , in They Came in the Night

You grew some nice food and they enjoyed it, we all share the space, it’s annoying but they are not your enemy

mpa92643 , in They Came in the Night

I was tilling my garden a month or two ago and got to one end, turned around, and casually strolling right through the middle of the plot, literally 10 feet in front of me and a very loud tiller, was a young buck. Completely unafraid of me or the tiller.

On another day, I was using a chainsaw to cut down some buckthorn and that same buck was within 5 feet of me eating the leaves on the trees I just cut down. Again completely unafraid.

I put up a small net around the perimeter a few days before I put my plants in and they knocked it over, tore the net, and bent the poles. There wasn't even anything in the garden! And to top it all off, there were several fresh piles of poop.

So I put in 8 ft. T poles every 4 feet around the perimeter, doubled up the net, secured it at the top and the bottom, and they haven't gotten in yet (although I watched one of them biting at it). Unfortunately the neighbors are feeding these deer, so they have almost no fear of people.

Anticorp , in What to do with an acre of grass

Plant a food forest and let nature do the rest.

Edit: https://projectfoodforest.org/what-is-a-food-forest/

How_do_I_computah , in They Came in the Night

I'm mad for you. I'm going to get some Havahart deer off right now. They been eating my elderberries and plum.

I_Fart_Glitter , in What to do with an acre of grass

TIL I should be a landscaper.

My two cents is plant fruit trees that will do well in your area. Or get goats. Or half and half.

wesker ,
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I also vote trees, and edible plants. Let it grow into an edible forest for future generations.

NoneYa ,

Goats will eat everything and still look for more to eat.

Neighbors on both sides of us had goats when I was younger and their backyards were always dry, dirt deserts with only one particular flower they’d never touch because it was poison. Even trees weren’t spared as far as the goat could stand on its hind legs or could pull down.

cerement , in What to do with an acre of grass
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  • stop using weedkiller and insecticide – save a little money and save your own health
  • add in inoculated clover seeds – “inoculated” adds in bacteria that makes the nitrogen more available to other plants – pick a clover that is relatively native to your area – up until WWII and the proliferation of modern weedkillers, healthy lawns were a mix of grass and clover
  • leave the dandelions alone – ALL parts of a dandelion are edible – the leaves are a classic bitter green (goes really well with a dressing made from walnut oil, mustard, and balsamic vinegar) – roasted roots used to be a coffee substitute – early buds can be pickled as an alternative to capers – and yes, dandelion wine is actually a thing
  • throw in lots of native flowers – attracts the pollinators that keep the rest of your garden going strong
  • if you must mow, don’t mow shorter than 6 in / 15 cm – encourages stronger, more robust growth
    • take up scything instead of mowing for personal exercise
BearOfaTime ,

take up scything instead of mowing for personal exercise

Haha, damn Dad, buy us a lawnmower already!! 🤣

(Once, when I was 12,had to sycthe a field before we could use it. That's hard work!)

Blue_Morpho ,

He said acres. If it's really acres then planting clover, dandelion and native wildflowers are completely irrelevant.

In a few years it will grow into impassible 4-6' thornbushes. All other plants like clover and wildflowers will be smothered by the native growth.

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