Clovers > Grass
Hell yeah, clovers fix nitrogen in the soil, need less water, support pollinators, and stay green even during drougts unlike stupid grass lawns that are basically ecological desserts.
A lot of the worst weeds where I live are invasive and should eradicated whenever possible.
That said it’s always blown my mind when lawn enjoyers freak out at things like dandy lions and little yellow flowering clovers, they improved the look. Why do people insist their yard has to look as close to astro terf as possible
it’s all fine and dandy until the weeds grow into your foundation and start to crack it!
Right?
Learning how to leave things alone, in our ecosystems as well as our built and social systems, is invaluable. Being able to just be with such things, observe, see how things develop on their own, how some wounds heal naturally and others do not. And, the results of that kind of learning in my experience include plenty of callings, ways we can and do participate actively to make life more wonderful.
In general, so much human activity is so frenzied and disconnected, that “Just do less” seems like generally applicable advice but it’s more like one-sided advice which is good on average given our current society, but obviously is not on point 100% of the time.
Something I wrote about laziness recently, kind of fits here:
The concept of laziness is propaganda, brought on by a logic of destruction
In a world where a philosophy of infinite growth causes us to destroy everything that is not dedicated to the production of goods, doing nothing is political. At a time where burnout is on the rise while we still carry the internalized belief that our self-worth is tied to our productivity, doing nothing is an act of self love. In a world that is overheating, doing nothing is an act of self preservation and of protecting Mother Earth.
Rest is resistance. Rest doesn’t mean you are lazy while the world is on fire, it means you do not participate in fanning the flames even more. Feel like doing nothing? Do nothing, because that’s what Mother Earth wants you to do in this moment. Close your eyes, rest, let life find its way.
The idea that we have to be active to save, protect, improve is part of the lie that we are the crown of creation, the stewards of the earth, the ones who run the show. None of it is true. We just have to stop doing damage. We just have to stop. Are you always tired? Mother Nature asks you to rest, let life find its way.
@Pastel_Problem@slrpnk.net @alexcleac@szmer.info And I love you both for letting me know! Gives me the courage to post stuff that I’m not always sure is relevant or helpful. Seeing the comments and upvotes for this I’ll consider giving it its own post somewhere, but today I’m too
lazyresistfully restful.
It’s all fun and games until you get fined for neglecting your property
America, land of the free.
where they invented nightmarish levels of bureaucracy regulating every aspect of human existence.
