#lawns — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lawns, aggregated by home.social.
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A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/04/a-new-california-law-will-ban-watering-decorative-grass-even-in-non-drought-years-starting-jan-1/ #lawns #Drought #CAWater
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🩲🌱 In 2021, researchers launched a citizen-science project that asked about 1,000 volunteers in #Switzerland to bury #cotton underwear and tea bags in #soil.
After two months, participants dug up the items, photographed the damage, and mailed the samples for analysis. The results showed faster #decomposition in residential #gardens, while #lawns and farmlands tended to be less active.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/bury-underwear-soil-health/
#science #environment #ecology #microbes #compost #gardening #biology #dirt #nature #underground
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Lawn Alternatives
"ground cover options that not only reduce maintenance but also enhance your garden’s beauty and ecological value."
https://wildlybountifulgarden.co.uk/wildlife-garden/what-to-use-instead-of-grass/#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #Planting #DoughtTolerantPlants #Gardens #Lawns #Drought #Plants #Ecology #AlternativeLawn
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Do CT home gardens need this product you can’t pronounce? https://www.allforgardening.com/1923009/do-ct-home-gardens-need-this-product-you-cant-pronounce/ #advice #BetterYields #ct #CTNews #fertilizer #fungi #garden #gardening #gardens #HartfordCourant #HealthierPlants #ImprovedDroughtTolerance #landscapes #Lawns #MaxImagePreview #mycorrhizae #MycorrhizalInoculants #science #StrongerRoots #UConn #UconnGardenCenter
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Gardeners told to resist mowing lawns as campaign to aid bees returns https://www.allforgardening.com/1745548/gardeners-told-to-resist-mowing-lawns-as-campaign-to-aid-bees-returns/ #BritishGardenCentres #FloweringPlants #garden #GardenCentres #gardeners #gardening #Lawns #SolitaryBees
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Growing #Food Instead of #Lawns in #California #FrontYards
Front #yards transformed to tiny #cropfarms in #LosAngeles provide #vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by #grass.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/climate/microfarms-cropswapla-food-deserts.html