How to Replace your Grass & my Backyard "Rewilding" Project

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Sustainable grass lawn alternatives, rewilding or 'ungardening' tips, and a tour of our "wild" yard.
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Biodiversity is collapsing worldwide: • Biodiversity is collap...
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I'm in a 3b/4a zone in the Canadian prairies.
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:34 What is Rewilding?
00:56 Why Grass is Bad
02:16 Rewilding our Yard
03:19 Vegetable Gardening
03:41 "Un-Gardening"
04:10 Better Grass Alternaives
05:33 Leave the Leaves
05:57 Other Rewilding Tips
06:54 Outro
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25 июл 2024

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@SagaJohanna Год назад

Oh I looove this! There is no need for grass lawns ❤ so excited to see an example !

@zwetschginz8298 Год назад

Clover lawns feel so soft on your feet ❤😊

@BiGmEAnStEEn Год назад

They look dreamy! I can only imagine how cozy a picnic would be on it!

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

So soft! And much nicer than prickly grass

@Magdalene777 Год назад

I'm from Hamilton but just bought a house in rural Newfoundland. I'm moving as soon as I can sell my condo. The house only really has a front yard, but it's in southern Newfoundland and the climate is similar to Ontario. What I'm thinking of doing is growing food crops in most of my yard, so I can donate any surplus to the local food bank. I invest in stocks and if I ever earn enough I'd love to get a small plot of land there, because land isn't that expensive, and build a geothermal community greenhouse so people in need can have fresh food all year.

@siracornful Год назад

Me and my so just signed a tiny rowhouse with a small yard and a glassed in porch. I love bugs so will try to rewild at least a part of the lawn. I will also try to attract birds for the cats to sit on the porch and stare at.

@mikaylalewis7438 Год назад

I absolutely love this concept, especially since my least favorite childhood chore was mowing the lawn. Just as an aside, if you are planting edible or fruit producing plants, also research what wildlife is nearby. I suppose in a city it isn't as much of a problem but if you live more rurally you may attract larger wildlife (like black bears) who also want a tasty snack :)

@LauraLovesTravel Год назад

This is so great! Would love to see what you do with your yard at your new place!

@tracymeserve5627 Год назад

I feel so lucky to live in a neighborhood that prioritizes native plants. I have tried to plant mostly native plants in my garden or pollinators. The previous owners of our home had already put in clover and I love not having to mow my lawn!

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

That's wonderful!

@mariamauclere7730 Год назад

What a lovely video 😊 Such beautiful pictures of your previous yard!

@moriahs82119 Год назад

Your yard was amazing! Can't wait to see what your new yard ends up looking like. If I ever have a yard I definitely want to do this.

@tomomiminamotoban3996 Год назад

A great video! I would love more content something like this in the future ❤

@TheMennomilist Год назад

Looks beautiful!

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

Thank you! It was hard to leave that yard!

@maryanne5077 2 месяца назад

I know some AI feature might be taking out all the pauses, but it seems so unnatural to peel right the next idea, one after the other, like an automated assembly line, but oh my!! Let the natural rhythm of breath be a part of your presentation. If I've never water and never fertilized my lawn (yes, in a Calgary neighbourhood with large lawns, and no one minds), do I still need to power rake before seeding the bee lawn?

@NoDecaf7 Год назад

I love this! We have dandelions that I refuse to get rid of because the wild bunnies eat them when they are yellow. My new neighbors are struggling with removing knotweed, which is super invasive and pretty impossible to get rid of at this point without heavy machinery. The bees love it though. I'm hoping they replace it with something else that flowers, assuming they are successful in their endeavors. 😬

@KatBurnsKASHKA Год назад

knotweed is very edible, you and neighbours should get some recipes in the rotation and start eating that invasive :)

@lovemadeinjapan 27 дней назад

We just don't do anything. Very easy. Works like a charm. The lawn, if you can still spot it, is mostly clover, but also wild carrots, butter flowers, dandelions, a total mess!

@jcalderon371 Год назад

Hi Verena I was curious could you do a video on compsoting? Thank you the video. It was inspiring.❤

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

I'm not that knowledgeable about it, only just learning! I did have someone who knows way more about composting than I do write this guide for my blog though: mygreencloset.com/guide-to-apartment-composting It's focused on balconies/small spaces but most applies to yard composts as well!

@jcalderon371 Год назад

@@MyGreenCloset Thank you for sharing.😊

@SkyeAten Год назад

Those ponds could do with some native aquatic plants though. Keeps the water clean naturally~

@SkyeAten Год назад

Lawns aren't even that good looking... don't know why people are so obsessed with it. This video needs to go viral.

@alekfelis Год назад

Totally, they looks like a huge waste of space, mowed clover is so much pretty and still useful for kids playing.

@ananke2104 Месяц назад

Hello there , I stumbled upon your video and I'm glad I did. The video is very beautiful and your garden is even more beautiful. I envy you your garden (in a positive sense, of course). I am new to Canada, Alberta and know next to nothing about gardening and local plants. Can you tell me which moss grows best in Alberta and where I could get it. I also want to get rid of the annoying grass on the lawn. Thank you in advance .

@MyGreenCloset Месяц назад

Hi! They Alberta Native Plant Council (anpc.ab.ca/) has some great resources. And Edmonton and Calgary both have native plant societies/associations with resources and they sometimes do plant sales and workshops - there might be others around the province as well depending where you live. :)

@ananke2104 Месяц назад

@@MyGreenCloset Thank you for your reply . I will check the link you attached.

@elissa3188 Год назад

I've been trying to work on this for 5 years in my yard, but it is trickier than I thought. I had a lot of moss growing in the back and was trying to let the moss take over huge chunks, ... but it doesn't seem to spread as easily as I thought, considering it was naturally growing there.

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

My understanding is moss needs a LOT of moisture to grow well otherwise it's super slow and stagnant.

@silliepixie Год назад

I just learned that creeping bell flower is an invasive species. It is interesting that un-gardening and re-wilding don't necessarily mean neglecting it entirely. It seems equivalent to a "no makeup" make up look.

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

That's a good comparison!

@alekfelis Год назад

I have wild garden and it takes work too, weeds and rearranging are similar, just my choice of plants to keep is more aware of what is good for the pollinators, than just what is pretty. So clever comparison about the make up!

@mtflem05 Год назад

Absolutely beautiful yard. Was your whole yard able to be rewilded or did you have some city grass to maintain as well?

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

We did have a strip of city grass on the boulevard to maintain. However my city allows you to apply for a permit to plant other things there which we were planning on doing before deciding to move.

@alekfelis Год назад

I'm always wondering about this American habit of watering grass, my yard is one of these wild fields and it looks way more pretty, without any watering. And I have this one friend who relies on Food Pantry, has lovely flower beds and waste that space instead of growing her own veggies, as much as I love her, this is something that always confuses me. Would love to see your gardening project! Also from where you get your seeds, I was passionate about exchanging seeds, but this is very tricky as you have to be aware of biodiversity, so it's not good to send seeds outside of your country.

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

I love meadow lawns, so much prettier! I get most of my seeds from West Coast Seeds (I've linked them in the description) - veggies, some flowers, and they also developed the Bee Turf blend which we used as a lawn alternative. And then also some seeds from local sellers/traders and I've foraged small amounts.

@jodrono Год назад

3:55 I'm triggered

@MyGreenCloset Год назад

Nightmare flowers

@moondog7694 Год назад

Cribs aren't used in attachment parenting. Psychologist Ronald Goldman PhD in a video of him protesting with the Blood-Stained Men said while being interviewed that another way babies are being abused is by isolating them in seperate rooms. In the majority of countries around the world, the babies sleep with their mom. Read his Quora answers.