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Bread and CircusesOf course I would prefer no cars at all, but this is certainly an improvement…
Souvlaki Space Station@breadandcircuses Norway "solved" this in the most fabulous way, by planting invasive species along all the highways, and now we have a huge fucking ecological problem because some dipshit bureaucrat in the 70s thought our native flowers weren't pretty enough.
Titia Schuurman@anarchiv @breadandcircuses Same here in Finland, the bloody lupines (Lupinus polyphyllus) crowding out the native species and leaving pollinators famished and with breeding problems. 🤬
@titia @breadandcircuses Yup, that's the species they've been planting here, and now it's encroaching upon the national parks. Oopsie.
..@breadandcircuses great for pollinators, but I worry it would also attract animals that would get hit by cars.
But maybe my worries are unfounded. Would be neat to see the attempt.
myrmepropagandistThis is so important for ant species diversity and having a diverse selection of local ants makes it harder for invasives to spread.
Goopadrew@futurebird @breadandcircuses I've never heard that about ants before, that's really neat!
It's true about many species, but the example I've seen with ants most often are the fire ants. They struggle with a full diverse forest environment and THRIVE on lawns.
Jargoggles@Goopadrew @breadandcircuses
If you're not already following @futurebird you really should! She is always sharing interesting ant facts.
If you're not already following @futurebird you really should! She is always sharing interesting ant facts.
@jargoggles @Goopadrew @breadandcircuses
Aw jeeez. *blush*
Grandpa Don RIP World@breadandcircuses
drives me crazy to see so much potential meadowland, prairieland, marshland, woodland turned into boring grassland that supports few creatures, mowed so not even clover flowers for bees & butterflies.
drives me crazy to see so much potential meadowland, prairieland, marshland, woodland turned into boring grassland that supports few creatures, mowed so not even clover flowers for bees & butterflies.
ts 🚉@dbc3 @breadandcircuses yeah, it’s very very bad. A diverse array of plants that get to flower is critical to a healthy community
Anke@breadandcircuses And really all you have to do is mow it less frequently.
Queen of Insomnia@breadandcircuses I have wondered how much of it could be used to grow food for people in poverty.
lemgandi@breadandcircuses Well maybe. Makes it harder for pedestrians to cross the road tho.
TheresacityinmymindI discovered a few years ago that, if you replace grass with clover, you never need to cut it.
Even beyond that, when I was a teen whose job was to mow the lawn, I thought we should just let it grow. Have a meadow instead of a lawn.
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Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽@breadandcircuses
I'd like to see rapid growing willows in the median that are harvested every 5-10 yr for fibre. I can't fathom the colume of gas burned every summer to mow the invasive grasses we sow everywhere.
I'd like to see rapid growing willows in the median that are harvested every 5-10 yr for fibre. I can't fathom the colume of gas burned every summer to mow the invasive grasses we sow everywhere.
Cyb3rrunn3r@breadandcircuses 👍
"improvement" or "upgrade" 😅
"improvement" or "upgrade" 😅
Ignacio (he) 🇺🇦@breadandcircuses https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2025-06-20/una-huelga-de-jardineros-en-vitoria-provoca-una-explosion-de-flores-si-se-deja-que-se-desarrollen-las-plantas-la-biodiversidad-se-multiplica.html
Una huelga de jardineros en Vitoria provoca una explosión de flores: “Si se deja que se desarrollen las plantas, la biodiversidad se multiplica”
Tras más de 80 días sin mantenimiento en las zonas verdes de la capital alavesa, urbanistas, botánicos y ambientalistas abren el debate de cómo gestionar la vegetación urbana
~* Sarah 🇨🇦@breadandcircuses so the second picture, but one lane going each way is a tram line and the other is nothing but buses and delivery vehicles.
@stellarsarah Yes, that's much better! (along with a protected bike path somewhere)
mwguy@breadandcircuses If the shoulders of the roads are heavily wooded, the middle will develop trees too. The only way to get that flowerbed is to garden the middle.
François @PragueAnd then, on the top picture, they have to come back to water the grass when it becomes to yellow/dry.
Cosmic LibrarianWe do some dumb things in Texas...Thank goodness we take care of wildlowers. Many thanks to Claudia (Lady Bird) Johnson.🙏🏼
https://www.txdot.gov/about/campaigns-outreach/bluebonnets-wildflowers/wildflower-program.html
Greg KempTexas, of all places, is big into highway wildflowers. Native plants require less maintenance (mowing?) and are beautiful besides. Definitely a good idea.
https://www.txdot.gov/about/campaigns-outreach/bluebonnets-wildflowers/wildflower-program.html
fabriziob@breadandcircuses It's dead land nonetheless, I see no difference.
It probably appeals to those who are into the medieval trend called gardening.
It probably appeals to those who are into the medieval trend called gardening.
Baloo Uriza@breadandcircuses Meanwhile the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority managed to go backwards. 🤦♂️
It's so hot this time of year...like you can feel the difference in temperature when you leave ODOT territory and enter the turnpike because the concrete medians they installed are solar heaters...
2009 versus today...
Abstract_Bit@breadandcircuses
Yesss....
Yesss....
erica_sea55@breadandcircuses unless of course you live in a high rainfall area with beautiful fertile soil…it will revert to rainforest in no time (which is not necessarily a bad thing but will require, um, better pedestrian and cycling infrastructure…and by better, here I mean SOME…it’s a low bar)
Ethan Hawke@breadandcircuses I’d like us to talk privately
Rik D'huyvetters@breadandcircuses in theory I agree, but nature tends to go with bushes and trees, not flowers
clewOR flowers alternating with fire
huge herds of grazers can postpone either trees or fire. so. municipal goats as the middle way
Tiota Sram@breadandcircuses turns out that less frequent mowing leads to increased insect diversity, which in turn *reduces* pest species like ticks and mosquitoes because they have more insect predators:
DoomsdaysCW@breadandcircuses A beautiful sight (though yes, it would be better without cars). Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !
#Rewilding #LessMowingMoreFlowers
#Rewilding #LessMowingMoreFlowers
GeofCoxI love many things about my adopted country, France - but one bad thing is the over-zealous 'faucharge' (verge mowing). In many places, not only do they cut the roadside grass short, but often several metres each side the road.