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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Same

They’re back, and they’re happy with my mess of a lawn.

I don’t think my lawn will ever look like a golf course, there was an above ground pool at one point so one area is packed densely and full of gravel sized rocks.

We threw down some clover, there’s wild strawberry, one spot has mint (I’ve been told trying to remove it is a sisyphusian task). It’s cozy now, and I guess the fireflies like cozy, and I like watching them from my patio.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is fantastic and good advice, but I also remember them in great numbers 20+ years ago, and people were mowing their lawns then, too.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago

Mowing isn’t the issue; Raking leaves is. Fireflies lay eggs in the fall, on dead leaves. Since suburban HOAs require leaves to be raked and trashed, it removes the fireflies’ breeding grounds. If you don’t like leaves on your lawn, just fucking mulch them with your lawn mower instead of raking them. A perfectly raked yard is an ecological wasteland.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think a lot more people use weed killers and other pesticides in their yards than previously as well, since they're more commercially available. We even have "summer weed maintenance subscriptions" in my city for this (yeah, I know, ugh). I finally stopped using that stuff on my yard and I have a lot more critters in it than my neighbours.

[–] titter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the rocky area underperforming in terms of growth? Consider xeriscaping! Use drought and heat tolerant plants like succulents to fill in and color up an otherwise uninhabitable area

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely underperforming.

I let the plants that do grow there go to seed and it's filled in a bit, but it's not great.

I'm in Ontario and I don't know if succulents will work, but I like them and can look into it.