It's poppy season right now in California.

There is something magical about California poppies. How their petals delicately bend and twist, refusing perfection, moving throughout the day. The way the light hits them, how they glow in the sunlight.

This year I had a pink rimmed one sprout up.

#SilentSunday #NoLawn #BloomScrolling

Hey hey: a new ep of #ClimateTown is out! On #grass !

https://nebula.tv/videos/climatetown-americas-dumbest-crop

(You can also find it on YouTube, but Google is an illegal monopolist that provides critical infrastructure for genocide, so maybe watch on #nebula or #patreon.)

#nolawn

Since the weather has been so cool and wil be that way for another week or so. Put down more clover seed in bare spots in the front yard.

The existing patches are doing really well, mixing in with the turf. Excited to see more.

#lawn #nolawn

upside of this unseasonable cold/wet snap is that my clover seed has taken well and I should have a healthy patch before winter sets in.

#nolawn #colorado #denver

Ordering some more clover. Every bare spot in the yard is soon to be more clover. Can’t wait for it to more fully take over.

Keep trying Blue Grama but so far no joy.

#nolawn #denvergardening

I found an old picture that illustrates how much bigger and interesting an area becomes once you plant other things instead of lawn. Besides the vertical layers, you also get nooks with different environments, and so much color!

We started de-lawning this area on the spring of 2015. Now I have lavender, blueberries, lingonberries, rosemary, thyme, marjoram, sage, lovage, curry-herb, parsley and others (and lots of pollinators).

This is one of my happy places.

#gardening #noLawn

Tiny morning surprises in the "chaos" front yard. Common mallow and baby blue eyes (according to the ID app) amongst the sweet alyssum that self seeded from last summer and the clover!

#SKyard #Bloomscrolling #NoLawn

Jess and I have gotten interested in the #NoLawn movement, at least for our front yard (dog plays in the back)

Think I just found our centerpiece to build around 😆 #Bioshock

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/236136539298

This is how last year's de-lawning effort is going.

The area is ~1.5 × 1.5 m. My son started it by planting a dwarf rose in a corner. I built from there to include some blueberries, lingonberry, strawberry, camassia, chives and yarrow. They seem to be getting along. That part of the yard now has a sweet scent, and it is occasionally visited by assorted bees and bumbles.

#gardening
#noLawn