nevAug 8, 2023

i appreciate that this is the crime reporter's beat

story: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/they-made-their-lawn-a-butterfly-paradise-the-city-of-burlington-threatened-a-daily-10/article_e1222104-8cfd-5f6c-9aa3-9307f79b7b15.html
archive: https://archive.li/Ud64c

(seriously tho, love jpags' stuff)

#BanLawns

They made their lawn a butterfly paradise. The city of Burlington threatened a daily $10,000 fine if the garden didn’t go — then they razed it anyway

The Barnes family lovingly maintained a yard of goldenrod, coneflower, wood poppy, purple asters and milkweed — that was until the City of Burlington sent crews to level what they called “weeds.”

Show threadnevJun 7, 2023
@ken paging my #BanLawns comrades
Show threadneville parkNov 9, 2022

And, for the lazy / #BanLawns crowd:

> Free bee housing for the lazy
>
> The BEST way to encourage lots of native bees in your yard is to just stop overdoing the yard work. Make a pile of stems from last year’s perennial garden somewhere in yard, and they’ll naturally break apart and be found by solitary bees — Monarda and Asclepias are some of the many perennials that are hollow. And leave dead trees (or logs) so that boring beetles do their thing and leave nice tunnels for the bees. Finally, leave some patches of your flower beds unmulched so that ground-nesting bees have some ground.

(@colinpurrington, https://colinpurrington.com/2019/05/horrors-of-mass-produced-bee-houses/)

The horrors of mass-produced bee houses » Colin Purrington's blog

Here are some reasons why cheap mason bee houses can end up hurting bee populations. I live in Pennsylvania (USA), so some of the issues might be specific to my location. And to the species that live here, of course. Check with your local authorities for more detailed advice. 1. Nesting blocks, tubes, reeds are […]

Colin Purrington's blog
Show threadnevNov 3, 2020
@InvaderXan @carcinopithecus #BanLawns
Show threadinsurgency bureaucratJun 23, 2019
@nev i support #banlawns tbqh
neville parkJun 23, 2019
A cursory Google turned up this article about the regulatory aspects of banning lawns (from a US perspective): https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=faculty-publications #banlawns
neville parkJun 23, 2019

Oh nooooo someone came and mowed the wonderful meadow that was the vacant house's lawn 😭

If the lovely big P. audax were not killed I fear they may move on. #banlawns 🐘