the problematic history of grass lawns

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something about converting my lawn from green grass to native plants has really made this issue take up A LOT of space in my mind. It's also been this weird feeling that I'm doing what should be so obviously right (in a moral & environmental sense) but so many people around me have looked down on me and made such snide comments about it SO - here's to educating those who have go along with such a problematic standard without even considering the history & the impacts!
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this is why grass lawns are problematic and wasteful. Maintaining a pristine lawn demands excessive water, pesticides, and fertilizers, which not only deplete our precious water resources but also contribute to pollution and harm local ecosystems. Grass lawns offer little biodiversity, making them ecological dead zones. It’s time to rethink our love affair with grass lawns and embrace more sustainable landscaping alternatives that support our environment and promote healthier, more resilient communities.
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@jenniferburns2530 3 месяца назад

Regarding kids and dogs: both love to play in more diverse landscapes! Children love to explore meadows, prairies, and wooded areas and can use the plants and other species to inspire imaginative play. Think tree-climbing, makeshift shelters, hiding behind rocks, sword-fighting with sticks, turning over downed logs to see the bugs, and so much more. Dogs enjoy exploring and sniffing everything, and the wider range of trees, plants, bugs, birds, and other wildlife the happier they are. Natural spaces are much more exciting than lawns for everyone.

@Rosie-xm7ry 3 месяца назад

My only fear is that ticks enjoy the long grass 😭 does anyone have any advice to assuage my fear? 😅

@yuyannan 3 месяца назад

@@Rosie-xm7ry If you plan to spend time in tall grass or woods and are afraid of ticks, dress appropriately. Long trousers, full shoes (not sandals), pull socks over your trouser legs. If necessary, use tick repellent. Shower and check your body carefully when you get home. And the clothes go straight to wash after. Ticks can happen anyway, but don't panic. Remove them properly, observe the bite site and if there is a reaction, the doctor will give you an antibiotic and everything will be fine.

@junglesuperstar9270 3 месяца назад

@@Rosie-xm7rywhy are u so afraid of ticks ? I am from the area where ticks are extremely dangerous as they carry two dreadful deceases. As long as it is a city area , you are ok. Do you have any statistics that in your area ticks are contaminated ?

@m.a.d.m.5425 3 месяца назад

I love this comment ❤

@DimaRakesah 3 месяца назад

Hell yeah, when I was a kid I played in wooded areas, not massive lawns.

@nattyophelia7879 3 месяца назад

I just bought a house with a HUGE yard, I noticed 90% of our neighbors in our neighborhood have a very diverse yard, lots of bees and birds and all that beautiful stuff. I love it.

@frankensteins_mermaid 3 месяца назад

That's so rare where I live. Very cool!

@Imbatmn57 3 месяца назад

0:22 this is why i get mad when people say that avocado takes up too much water, at least the bess can eat the nectar from avocado, we make oil from its seeds and food from the fruit, monoculture grass is useless,even the deer near where i live like tree leaves better. Heck an avocado tree even gives some sort of shade.

@Rosie-xm7ry 3 месяца назад

After my dad got dementia, we didn’t have the time nor energy to take care of the lawn and our neighbors were more concerned about the yellow lawn than the us the people living in our home…

@anaveragemuppet 3 месяца назад

I’m so, so sorry. As someone who had a career as someone who cared for all sorts of people with dementia and similar conditions, I feel for you

@Sarah-di8vy 3 месяца назад

That is horrible, - I’m so sorry you have such selfish and uncaring neighbours.

@frankensteins_mermaid 3 месяца назад

Many people get hung up on meaningless things when they should have compassion for others and wild things

@Iquey 3 месяца назад

If the lawn is turning yellow, the environment wasn't meant for all that grass 😂.

@ilovenycsomuch 2 месяца назад

That is the epitome of snobby

@heypamcakes 3 месяца назад

Watching the birds, bugs, butterflies and all the other critters enjoy my wild yard is such a joy. I’m on the anti lawn bandwagon.

@justinweatherford8129 3 месяца назад

I wish that cities around me would permit wild lawns.

@ambiarock590 3 месяца назад

Same here. I just dislike that I have to maintain grass that I dont really care to use

@Natkingcoool 3 месяца назад

You using your platform to mesh environmental topics with the always-intertwined sociopolitical issues is a breath of fresh air. You’re amazing. Thank you! 🙌🏼🌎🌹

@zkkitty2436 3 месяца назад

PEOPLE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA: we have similar legislation protecting us from HOA fines/retaliation for planting native drought tolerant plants. We also have the amazing resource calscape which helps you find native plants for your location, bc California is also a huge state with several biomes in it. Calscape is a database that can help you find native plants for your watering and drainage situation and even has general and care info for each plant AND lists nurseries where you can find them. It’s an amazing tool that everyone in the state should utilize heavily, our native ecosystems need all the care and attention we can give it. PLANT NATIVES, FUCK GRASS

@kleptomelly 3 месяца назад

I love Calscapes. The update to their site is great.❤

@bhsprinkle 2 месяца назад

Ooo. That's a great resource. I gotta figure out a local one.

@hkh5199 3 месяца назад

Love your Palestine scarf. I am a displaced Palestinian - I’ve been following you for years and I love your content, when I saw you wearing the scarf of my people I was so happy. I wish to see you one day in a free Palestine. ❤🇵🇸

@joytotheworld2100 3 месяца назад

I have a 1/4 acre in northern Illinois. Since studying residential food forests, I have reduced my grass lawn by 75%. The 34 fruit trees are lush, beautiful & are providing food.

@stevedorecharley2849 3 месяца назад

Clearly, Shelby has hit a nerve with this video, and I simply can’t stop commenting. My big problem when I first wanted to plant natives to my Chicago area lawn was to find anywhere to get the plants. A lot of people in the Midwest use prairie moon nursery, where you can order plants and seeds online. It’s important to find nurseries that sell plants native to YOU. (Plenty of Illinois natives won’t survive in Texas, and vice versa.) Once you get to know more people planting natives, you’ll probably find they’ll share plants when they have too many, which happens, or give you cuttings from plants you can root that way. Thanks for listening. I’ll crawl back into my hole now. 😂

@kmoney1007 3 месяца назад

as a person living between chicago n a nearish suburb I appreciate this! idk how to share this s ppl who own property bc idk if this is smth they're interested in but it seems cool n healthy to have pollinators in the yard

@RoundSeal 3 месяца назад

Oh hell yes! I've been anti-lawn for years and am so happy to see a video on how ghastly they are 👏

@persephone213 3 месяца назад

Same 💯

@ambiarock590 3 месяца назад

Id like to just grow food in a lawn and not bother with useless grass

@Takeasec 3 месяца назад

SO DUMB, I hate that global climate issues were created by such ludicrous reasons. Like it came from entirely unnecessary things, like lawn grass!Loved your video it’s super educational! Can’t wait to try your period underwear, I am sure it will be awesome and exceptional!

@NightsShadess 3 месяца назад

I'm currently growing a bunch of milkweed, black-eyed susans and columbine, both native to my area, that I started from seeds earlier this year. It's still a little too early to plant them in the front yard but I'm very excited for when I actually get to do that. I also picked out some flowers for my parent's house that are pollinator friendly and there's been a lot more bees around there

@Shelbizleee 3 месяца назад

I love that so so much!!!

@amaliaitalia6446 3 месяца назад

My wife and I have been looking to grow something on this dead area in front of our apartment. I will now be looking into milkweed to see if that is a sustainable option for us :)

@kleptomelly 3 месяца назад

Just be sure to find the milkweed that is appropriate to your area. It can actually be bad for the butterflies if you plant the wrong type for your region ❤

@swiftieforever480 3 месяца назад

Shelbi I am so happy to see you wearing a keffiyeh! Makes me like u even more, thanks for another amazing informative video!! You are one of my favourite creators ❤❤

@linnpersson5528 3 месяца назад

Same! 🤍 / fellow swiftie

@therealgigster 3 месяца назад

you're happy to see her sympathizing with terrorists?

@swiftieforever480 3 месяца назад

@@linnpersson5528 ohh thats so awesome i dont rlly know any swifties irl

@docb8316 3 месяца назад

i am also VERY anti lawn. But i am also very anti invasive plant. I am fighting bamboo and 2 different invasive groundcovers all from the other side of my fence. Invasive but pretty landscaping plants.

@miawenzel9349 3 месяца назад

Our yard is half grass, half creeping Charlie, which is an incredibly invasive European plant that is hard to eradicate without herbicides. We’re stumped as to what to do about it. Of course if we don’t tend the grass, the Charlie takes over, and chokes everything out. Ugh.

@JuliaRoseHabertoes 3 месяца назад

This video was incredible! So well researched and very informative. I've been anti lawn for a bit and I really loved all the points you made here. I'm going to be pondering on the connection between Levittown's stated purpose, American individualism, and car culture for the rest of the week. Your point about community gathering and parks really struck a chord as a connecting factor in all of these topics that have become my bugbears over the years. Thanks so much for your passion and effort on this topic!

@gladiatorinsweats 3 месяца назад

I'm so so glad to see talk about this, especially in connection to HOAs. It's law in my city that all new homes MUST be a part of an HOA, I want to see more people fight to change this, but people are really attached to property value and the idea that HOAs keep "bad people and things" from happening.

@xTashleyx 3 месяца назад

I also have heard a lot of people like HOAs because they want the home but want to remove many of the outdoors responsibilities of having one...

@stephaniet5209 3 месяца назад

Our city is in a bit of a water crisis at the moment. One of our water mains broke and is taking several weeks to fix. The whole city is on an outdoor watering ban until the pipe is fixed. Our backyard clover lawn is beautiful and green still, while our front yard which is still grass is not looking so hot. The amount of drinking water that we use for grass is crazy, when clover thrives with just rainfall.

@Bcg640 3 месяца назад

A fellow Calgarian?

@stephaniet5209 3 месяца назад

@@Bcg640 Yep!

@Bbgail- 3 месяца назад

Fellow Calgarian! Where did you get your clover seeds? 😊

@thebackpackingbookwyrm 3 месяца назад

I love the level of research you put into this one and recent similar videos. I too hate grass.

@ellabergfeld7899 3 месяца назад

so well researched and i love that you discussed the intersection of wealth, class, and racial discrimination as it relates to our environment! i feel like so many resources (i.e. books) completely neglect to discuss WHY these horrible practices were put in place. thanks for keeping it real as always

@brigittemelo807 3 месяца назад

Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention. I never realized the associations and cost of keeping up a manicured lawn. I am slowly trying to incorporate more environmental actions into my life and this channel has been beyond helpful!

@ceciliapantalones 3 месяца назад

Im so glad you exist!! Thank you for this work and educating us!

@jennycobb6912 3 месяца назад

i feel so ridiculous not knowing this?? Having just grown a grassy lawn in our back garden, oops?? SO glad Im following you!

@hillary7337 3 месяца назад

Ahh thank you Shelby! I was the one on Tiktok that said I was confused and this helped sooo much. I think my hoa encourages us to not have lawns. We are only allowed 60% grass in our whole yard. Front yard HAS to be rock. And this is because we live in co and dont have alot of water. We have a hybrid yard. Most is rock, garden and then the rest left is grass. Our chickens loveee “weeds” so much BUT we will get fined if we have “weeds” in front. Also our hoa cost 50$ a year, literally cant imagine the 300$+ ones

@hillary7337 3 месяца назад

I made up the term hybrid because its half good for the environment and half not 😂

@JessicaPayneC 3 месяца назад

This video was amazing! It covered this topic on all the levels, socially, politically, economically and (of course) environmentally! Plus your passion for this really shined through which makes this video even better! I watched this twice all the way through because there was just so much! Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this topic and sharing your knowledge! Loved it! Ahh!

@uslee19 3 месяца назад

Love the scarf. It suits you! Thanks for wearing it.

@21earlthepearl 3 месяца назад

This video was so well-researched, and I loved how you covered both the science and the cultural history. This would make a great series, if you cover an issue from multiple angles. I still have a small yard with grass because my family plays out there every day, but we have a lot of native perennials growing in our garden, and every time I add a new plant or expand the garden I research it first and choose something native. We also set aside part of our yard for growing veggies, herbs, and fruit. In the last place I lived, one side of the yard was in shade, and moss had naturally grown instead of grass-- it was amazing-- so soft and maintenance-free!

@stevedorecharley2849 3 месяца назад

Love this video! I’ve been replacing grass in my tiny urban yard for several years, and it’s so satisfying. I refuse to waste drinking water on grass.

@CorinneDemyanovich 3 месяца назад

I live right next to Riverside! I’ve never owned a place, but ever since I was a kid, I’ve hated lawns for all the reasons you stated. Thanks for putting it all together in one video!

@denisemarie485 3 месяца назад

I live in Arizona and lawns are either grass or rocks. One uses precious water and the other creates intense heat. Both are horrible to have here. Then they wonder why its so dang hot compared to cowboy days. Can't stand all these golf courses either. By the time everyone catches on, it will be too late 😢 Great video! ❤

@Iquey 3 месяца назад

Can't y'all plant...cacti?

@denisemarie485 3 месяца назад

@@Iquey Yes but it takes years for something like saguaro cactus to grow. It takes about 50 to 75 years just to grow one arm. Many are 200 years old which is why fire is devastating to the desert. We do have cacti everywhere 🙂

@katrinadunne1361 3 месяца назад

Thank you for this video! It's definitely needed. People really need to start waking up to how detrimental lawns are, I'm going to share this video with my friends and family. Here in the UK most houses have lawns too, and I know quite a few people who use an excessive amount of weed-killer and pesticide on their lawns. In the UK we've had a massive loss of biodiversity in the past few years and a dramatic drop in the amount of pollinators (mainly due to intensive agriculture and overdevelopment, but I think that lawnmowing and the toxic chemicals that people use on their gardens probably also contributed to that loss, and it wouldn't hurt if all homeowners with gardens could do their bit by allowing native plants to grow in their lawns, and not mowing them) ❤

@stephanie1460 3 месяца назад

Check your local cooperative extension for what is native/invasive! Most maintain lists, or have people you can contact and ask about it. Its also the best way to get fact based information about plants/ecosystems, instead of weird conflicting information that plagues the internet.

@numerv 3 месяца назад

you know what I love about you, YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK, I hate doing reserch, but love watching your videos, keep it up! i learn so much from you

@chelseashurmantine8153 3 месяца назад

That clip of the grass soil temp was amazing

@gardeningtheearth 3 месяца назад

I 🫶🏽 Kyle!!! Him and crime pays botany doesn’t are both superb RU-vid content creators that advocate for native plants, bunch grasses, and killing your lawn. Thank you for making A+ content that advocates for removing non-native turf grasses.

@fashionmakiroll 3 месяца назад

I agree with everything you've said! I will continue talking about this with anyone who will listen and create a native plant lawn when I buy a house. But, I wanted to point out the one argument I've heard in favor of lawns that makes sense to me. That is that lawns are a pretty fool proof way to maintain ground cover to prevent soil erosion. You don't have to know that much about plants to maintain a lawn. But I think there are much better solutions obviously and I'm looking forward to a beautiful prairie in my backyard someday!

@orangeandcalico 3 месяца назад

I wish I could like this video 100 times

@mariaibarra9621 3 месяца назад

Side note, I love your keffiyeh!! 🫶🏼

@enneagramorgan 3 месяца назад

This was one of the best RU-vid videos I’ve ever seen. I can tell how much work you put into it and I appreciate it. This is so incredibly insightful. Appreciate you so much!

@princesstelimena2887 3 месяца назад

This was such a good video!! I’ve always been against having a lawn because of the water usage but I had no idea what the history of lawns was and didn’t know just how bad they are. Also, I CANNOT get over how amazing your hair looks! I’m always amazed haha

@lillierademacher9091 3 месяца назад

Please do a video about growing native fruits/veggies (if you haven’t already!) this video got my super fired up. Thank you for all of your research and sharing it with us!

@Cryinginthecloudssss 3 месяца назад

God I love it when I meet people who hate grass lawns like I do. and the thing is you can have grass lawns especially if your area is known for its tall grasses. But that’s the thing it’s TALL grasses that provide an ecosystem for bugs and snails and slugs. even grass is important but not the mainstream type of grass lawns. I live in the midwest we have plains and plains of grass but it’s tall and makes up a part of the ecosystem for nature to use. modern grass lawns are awful and I hate them especially the spots that are like a small triangle of grass AHHHH just plant some flowers that are native to your area put a bush there something that doesn’t need to be “cut” every week

@SophieMcKenzie-Shaw 3 месяца назад

Love the keffiyeh! 🇵🇸🍉♥️♥️🍉🇵🇸 If I ever own a large enough garden I’m 100% not having a lawn xx

@Theamateurecologist 3 месяца назад

I have a 2 year old and a dog. My yard is now made up of native wild Virginia strawberry and some native sedge grasses. I killed all the damn grass and guess what? They run in it and play in it. The children who existed here before the United States were created didn’t have turf grass, they had native grasses.

@allybrown3258 3 месяца назад

I personally like clover lawns up keep almost none you don't really have to water them and they take care of themselves for the most part, the better for the environment and to me it's like you're walking out of a Fairytale. And you don't need pesticides for 'em

@alyciairlbeck3640 3 месяца назад

How much does it cost to put in clover lawns?

@allybrown3258 3 месяца назад

A 1,400 square feet of seeds are about $20.00 so it depends on your yard size

@robynloveschocolate 3 месяца назад

2 years ago i changed half my back yard into a wild area, basically just letting whatever was in the lawn grow out...and it was honestly only about 10% grass 😂 i got wild strawberries, asters, goldenrod, st johns wort...it's amazing! Now im working on ripping out the non-native plants and replacing them with native ones im growing from seeds! 😁

@Mslaralah 3 месяца назад

My husband and I started our native plants garden. We’ve reduced lawn but we live in a traditional neighborhood with an HOA. Rules are to keep impecable lawns. So there you have it! Neighbors raking leaves like crazy, watering like there is no tomorrow to keep green turf in their yards. It is so unnerving. Will we see the White House bragging about their Native pollinator garden? That would set a good example. Thanks for speaking out. We need to make urgen changes ASAP on horrible habits like this.

@elizarline 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much for this info! Perfect timing too as I’ve been trying to plan wisely this summer for what to plant in my area over the next several years.

@JessicaJmoney 3 месяца назад

Wow I did not know any of this. I love learning.

@eschwarz1003 3 месяца назад

you give me hope for future generations. I maintain a garden for someone older who insists I keep on top of pulling out the milkweed. I'm at the point where I will start to refuse.

@Shelbizleee 3 месяца назад

My neighbors recently threw a BBQ for everyone on our street and you could see a really clear divide between the millenials & the boomers. All of the millenials were talking about planting natives and all the boomers were obsessive with their grass. So I am joining you in that hope!!

@xXNekou 3 месяца назад

I LOVE how passionately Shelby talks about this stuff. :) Last year I let our backyard grass grow as it pleased for like 5 months (I like in the UK and I have a small-ish backyard that is fenced but right next to our neighbors' house, and they can see our backyard from their windows), and one of our neighbors came to me one time and told me that "we should mow our grass, because otherwise rats will make a nest inside". It sounded like bs a bit, but because I am an anxious person and a people-pleaser I did mow our lawn. I regret it now. I honestly don't think the rats would want to nest at our place anyway because we have two (indoor) cats and there are many outdoors cats walking around our neighborhood. But yeah, what a great video, Shelby!! :) Honestly, who wouldn't want their garden/backyard/lawn to be full of flowers, butterflies and happy chirping birds???

@Nour-ep2np 3 месяца назад

Omg the keffiyeh!! Love you girl🇵🇸❤️

@LizChaRob 3 месяца назад

This is the video I needed in my life. So much information and I’m always a fan of your long educational videos! Especially those that help me win a continuous battle with my hubby!

@StarTexaspets 3 месяца назад

Lawns suck...

@Darlene-q3t 3 месяца назад

I'm glad to find your video. You really know what you're talking about. I myself removed all the grass when I moved in. I put in a xeriscape. It's in the suburbs where , when I was moving in, I called it "a sea-of-grass neighborhood." I thought all the neighbors would hate me for doing it. But they didn't. In fact, one day when we were being water restricted because of drought, my neighbor, whose grass lawn was mowed using a riding mower, said to me, "I wish I had your yard now." I was amazed to hear this. I've never had any flack about it. My next-door neighbors bought their house partly because of my xeriscape! They have a very reduced lawn with shrubs and plants instead. I have beautiful flowers growing instead of grass. People walk by and compliment me on my yard., especially in the spring. They drive by and stop and compliment me. They ask if they can take pictures, and of course I say yes. Recently the guest of a neighbor from several states away took pictures to take back to his home state. After many years having the xeriscape, it has all been very positive, nothing negative. All the neighbors love my yard and comment on it all the time.

@Justaguyonahorse 2 месяца назад

Fellow grass lawn hater here, commenting from Oregon! The county directly next to me is actually “The Grass Seed Capital of the World!” and I see the sign proudly saying that every time I drive down the freeway. This is because the PNW is one of the only places in the US that gets enough rainfall to grow these grasses. One interesting effect of this is that our allergy season is HORRIBLE. And with climate change making allergy seasons longer every year it’s just miserable if you have “hay fever” for a few months straight every year. I can’t wait to own my own home and get the certification to have a pollinator garden where a lawn would be. I also loathe the yearly maintenance of yard work because my parents forced us to help maintain their yards growing up. I can’t wait to leave everything where it is and feel good that I’m helping the ecosystem at the same time!!

@Kafia_ 2 месяца назад

Keffiyeh every👏day mash'allah ❤🍉

@alice_rabbit8345 2 месяца назад

When we bought our house the yard was just lawn, no garden. We took up around 80% of the grass and planted shrubs and perennials. We also have a vegetable garden. The remaining grass is mostly clover and takes about 5 minutes to cut with our old fashioned push mower. We don’t water it or use fertilizer or weed control. My in-laws lived in a Levitt home!

@amethystdream8251 Месяц назад

Something that baffles me about a lot of Americans: they don't value birds, but they sure do love to travel to locations where you wake up to the sound of birds, and then they geek out about birds there. I'm pretty sure you don't need to be on vacation to enjoy the presence of birds. Thank you for the breakdown in this video.

@lomset9494 2 месяца назад

Serious question - I really want to have a wildflower meadow (I’m in the UK) but I don’t want to move all the critters that are currently living in my lawn (I leave it to grow long and wild). Can I have your thoughts please? 🙏🏻

@itsbreellis 3 месяца назад

Such a great video explaining all this!! ❤

@charliecleveland18 3 месяца назад

Everyone! Check out your Native Plant Society! Every state has a [State] Native Plant Society. They provide a ton information about plants specific to your area.

@yazkaz 2 месяца назад

I gobbled up every second of this video. Thanks for putting this together. Seeing all the little beings in your yard really warmed my heart. 💓

@FlynnFit 3 месяца назад

Great video and love the keffiyeh!

@JK-yq2yf Месяц назад

Damn! the research! I am so here for it. I loved all of your historical visuals. Seriously, this should be a TED talk.

@ourancestralhomestead 3 месяца назад

I am from Czech Republic and I never understood why your HOA's have so much power over what you have in your gardens etc... We have none of that here

@kimmmxviii 3 месяца назад

I live in Northern Europe and my parents have fought so hard with their grass lawn bc I must assume global warming is making it hard to survive here too? It just won't grow in certain parts of their garden 😅 all I want is for them to let moss and clover grow instead

@katelawrence7445 3 месяца назад

I live in a block of apartments that is surrounded by lawn. I think it would be much better to replant it with native ground covers. Australia is a dry continent and this area is expensive to maintain as has to be watered, we employ a gardening company to mow it and the only use it is a dog toilet ( the dog owners do clean up after the dog).

@beanybean000 3 месяца назад

my mom planted a clover lawn and our dogs and little cousins love it! you dont need grass

@Siures 3 месяца назад

Clover is really a good alternative if you want some open space :) We want to replace pebbles in a sitting area with white clover.

@Chowderchef 3 месяца назад

My last place i lived at the borough tried to fine my partner and i almost a thousand dollars cause we didn't mow our lawn quick enough. I hate grass lawns i am HERE for the slander

@tbunny711 3 месяца назад

Love this, I hope you do more content like this

@DimaRakesah 3 месяца назад

I've never understood laws. They're boring, high maintenance, and serve no real purpose.

@o.m.2203 3 месяца назад

I am so happy to see someone as obsessed with native milkweed and despises grass lawns as much as me. Lol this brings me hope, thank you for making this video!!

@lifesize1119 3 месяца назад

The first year I started not to mow, I had two "kind" neighbors mow the land that abutted each of their properties without bothering to ask me if that's what I wanted. They were the ones that called themselves kind, not me. I'd never presume to do something to a neighbor's house without talking to them first. That's the culture surrounding grass...that they are doing you a favor! For years after, I had anxiety every time I heard a lawn mower and feared I'd have a cop sent to my house because they neighbors couldn't possibly understand. It helped to put up a sign that I got from Wild Seed Project about being a wildlife preserve.

@h-ang9311 3 месяца назад

Did Shelby read my mind as I was ripping out my invasive plants this morning and letting my grass die

@Shelbizleee 3 месяца назад

YAAASSS!!!

@kmariebrinkmann 3 месяца назад

Just this past weekend, my toddler played in a meadow of native grasses and wildflowers (in Germany). There were many kids running through it, playing games of tag and hide and seek. Meadows can be just as fun for kids as lawns! It's just a different way to play.

@miraearles3372 3 месяца назад

Yes! There are a million better uses for the land than lawns. I know here in California lawns have become less popular because of the water usage, but there are still way too many of them around.

@slightlycrummy 3 месяца назад

I'm so stoked for this video! Last year I made a dedicated native plot in our back yard and it grew so well that I want to replace our front lawn over the next couple years with all natives 💜

@Libby147 3 месяца назад

The colonization of Palestine also includes the planting of non-native trees which require a lot of resources to upkeep. I wonder how many of the trees that are planted as "carbon offsets" are planted there. 😢

@therealgigster 3 месяца назад

colonization by the arabs from, oh yeah, arabia?

@wendy-zarate 3 месяца назад

I wish i could get it through my parents head to not mow their grass every other day. It takes so much time we could spend doing something else. Plus not to mention it takes resources to mow the lawn (gas powered mower) 😢. My parents used a round up powder to get rid of the dandelions which 1 looks so cute! And 2 are great for making your own dandelion oil. Now it's going to take years for the round up powder to go away. I cant even garden this year because of that herbicide.

@Being_Katherine 3 месяца назад

YEEEESSSSS!!! I love these commentary & educational videos! ✨♥️♥️♥️🤩🤩🤩♥️😊

@thunderandreign 3 месяца назад

I wish everyone would watch this video

@girlwithagarden 3 месяца назад

AAAAH YES i’ve been waiting for this video so i can finally show my parents why grass lawns are terrible - thank you

@fancynancypantsshow 3 месяца назад

my neighbor is a retired landscaper and he is out there everyday mowing and spraying his lawn. Yes he has the best lawn in the neighborhood but his lot is so barren looking. Plus he def doesn't like me and my husband and our "chaotic looking yard" that is environmentally friendly.

@taylorrobbins1853 3 месяца назад

More people need to talk about this! Thank you so much for putting this information out there :)

@MonoiLuv 3 месяца назад

Fantastic resource video. Thank you, Shelbi!❤

@reganstandlick7520 3 месяца назад

Can you do a video about the difference between electric and manual mowers? I will be moving into a house and nobody seems to think a manual mowers makes sense or that it's too much work. So is an electric one even okay for the environment? Also can you please talk more about how you started and did the bee wildlife. Where did your hat? What a great video

@missiarnett9040 3 месяца назад

Idk how big your lawn is, but I have used a manual lawnmower, and honestly I find it easier to deal with.

@TheGrownUpMillennial 3 месяца назад

We have both. I use the manual for our front garden to keep stone paths manageable and the electric for the grass in the back. It’s important to keep the manual blades sharpened. And it doesn’t handle very tall grass well, so it’s important to keep a more regular mowing schedule. So electric works better on overgrown grass and I don’t find I have to sharpen the blades much. But the manual is much quieter so you can do it early in the morning or late at night without upsetting neighbor. Manual also takes up a lot less room, can handle uneven surfaces more safely (not going to fling stones at you or others), and is more meditative to use (but also more of a workout).

@supernova622 3 месяца назад

I got a manual one when I lived in a house. We had several trees on the property and twigs were constantly jamming the blades. Really depends on what your yard is like

@justinweatherford8129 3 месяца назад

Okay, so I can say that mowing my dad's 5-acre lawn would be impossible with a manual lawnmower. He grows brome, a type of grass, for a friend's horses and cattle. The cattle farmer cuts and harvests it for him. I agree that it isn't good for the environment, and I have suggested several times that he turned it into an orchard. That's only one of the conflicts between me and my father.

@-peyat 3 месяца назад

as a christian, i genuinely believe that the type of focus on restoring native plants to your area and removing invasive plants is biblical. the bible mentions that we are to be good stewards of the world (genesis: it’s not “fill the earth and subdue it”, the hebrew word is closer to “fill the earth and furnish/replenish it”. i am also a junior in high school, and my christian school has juniors and seniors spend the whole year writing a rhetorical paper on a thesis, which they will present in front of an audience (small for juniors, whole auditorium for seniors) and i am genuinely thinking about writing my junior or senior thesis on native plants and why i believe that God wants us to preserve (replenish!) the earth and the ecosystems that he created. why would he create such diverse and fascinating and beautiful and complicated ecosystems if we are called to cover them over with single-species green carpets?? anyway, thank you for reading and i’m going to go outside and plant a native tree (i’ve been meaning to for a while and the poor thing has been sitting in its pot for a couple weeks). bye!

@oliv3691 3 месяца назад

I love the Homegrown National Park website for a good overview of what’s native where, and it’s a cool community of people contributing in their own small way to increasing biodiversity and together making a big difference. If I had any outdoor space of my own I would definitely have a native plant garden.

@symbioticmango 3 месяца назад

I just moved to CO and privileged enough to become a homeowner here, and I began volunteering for a Food Justice org that I later found out fought for bills that a) prevented HOAs from denying xeriscape lawn designs and b) allowed homeowners to have urban gardens in front and back lawns. My front lawn has been converted to natives only and my back yard is currently rewilding itself to prepare for a food forest in the future.

@anetkarolova2304 3 месяца назад

As a non-American I have literally cultural shock. Until now I couldn't imagine that someone could get a fine or go to jail for not mowing the lawn. Disgusting! Thank you for both socio-cultural and environmental aspects. This deeper connection is so much needed in every discussion. I hope we will see on your channel the whole transformation process of your front yard. It would be great inspiration, eventhough everyone have to do own research in their native species ☘💚

@aleksandrac9335 3 месяца назад

And they called themselves land of the free😂😂😂😂😂

@rustygatecottage9061 3 месяца назад

I enjoyed this video. I argue every year with my hubby because he always wants to fertilize the lawn and I do not want any chemicals on our land. He won this year but only the front. I will never allow the back to be touched by chemicals and I will try to convince him next year again to quit treating the front.

@donnavello6613 Месяц назад

Really spectacular soup-to-nuts explanation of why we have lawns in the 1st place! What a marketing scam. I am working to reduce the size of our lawn, we have lived here for 40 years and have never put a chemical down and the lawn, which we do cut, is mostly “weeds.” I will look into native milkweed plants for the New England area. Thank you!

@EBETZEN 20 дней назад

I lived in an APARTMENT with a HOA before and I will never do it again. HOA’s 0/10 👎🏻👎🏻

@Jess-cg5jf 3 месяца назад

Awesome b-roll shots in this one 👏 great video as always!

@emmxjustine 3 месяца назад

I LOVE PICTURE THIS. Pretty sure they also have an insect version, bird version and a mushrooms version? They're all so great and really good accuracy!

@cheynic1828 3 месяца назад

YESSS. I hate manicured lawns! They're TERRIBLE. I personally love seeing the wild lawns native to each state! All the little critters running/flying around? One of the best things to see! Warms my heart. It gives so much personality to a home to ya know? I already told my bf that whenever him and I buy a home (hopefully 😅) that we will be making the yard a wildlife habitat! HOA's are the worst. They should be illegal. Like who are you to tell ME what to do with MY home/lawn? 🙄

@umbrequil 2 месяца назад

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, so we've been in a perpetual drought for over 25 years. It has been a struggle to get people to switch over to desertscape from their lawns. Water prices have been driven up exponentially just to disincentivize people from lawn upkeep. Meanwhile, a few years ago, I owned a house in South Dakota and I just left my lawn unkempt and I had little white mushrooms appear every autumn. My neighbors hated me because I had a tall, unkept lawn but I didn't care. I liked my little mushrooms

@hotpinkkt 3 месяца назад

Here where I live in northern Utah, EVERYONE has to have perfect lawns. The Mormon church requires it. Our yard is not perfect and stands out. I don't pull most of the milkweed. It's blooming rn and is so pretty! I want more monarchs! I also planted sooooo many native species and I've never seen so many pollinators before. Our grass may not be perfect, yellow in some spots, crab grass in others because we've never used pesticides or herbicides and never fertilized our yard (although it does need it). I'm not against lawns, but to use Kentucky Bluegrass when your area doesn't support it is wild to me. Get a drought tolerant grass at the very least. Also, we've never used pesticides on anything. People really get bugs in their lawns? Some weeds are invasive though. Here I've been dealing with Hoary cress (whitetop). It's roots go down to 30 feet and spread via rhizomes like bindweed does. Planting native species has helped a little. Also please don't pull up milkweed. The monarchs need it and it's blooms are pretty! It self seeds every year pretty heavily so pulling up a few here and there is fine, especially for my native plants which I don't have a ton of each plant. Anyways, having a perfect lawn doesn't define you as a person