• AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    i get fined if i have a garden in my front yard unless the ground is covered by 50% or more “green”. its fucking dumb.

    my lawn is even slightly out of the way and behind a short fence. its like the perfect spot for free food for everyone walking by.

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      6 days ago

      Hear me out - divide your lawn into 1’ x 1’ sections and checker board that shit. Every other square is garden, every other is green lawn. It’ll be a bitch to mow, but it’s wonderfully petty

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      You can still work with that a bit. Basically you just want to have stuff other than just non-native turf grass. Even having clover mixed in makes your lawn not need fertilizer to stay green, and it has flowers that benefit insects. Dandelions and plantains can grow anywhere, and they both produce edible greens, and they basically show up on their own.