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u/Accomplished-Let3871 7d ago
Imagine how this place once worked as a thriving little ecosystem: the vegetation supported entire communities of insects, and both the plants and insects provided food for birds. Now, with all the vegetation wiped out in one fell swoop, the insects have lost their habitat and food source, and the birds have been driven away as well…
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u/Corylus7 7d ago
Removal of the invasive plants was a good idea but just lawn is boring, I would have gone for some native woodland plants instead.
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u/RuggerJibberJabber 7d ago
That is so much worse now... Why do people suck so much
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u/PensiveObservor 7d ago
It’s refreshing to come to comments and see all my own thoughts reflected. Wild habitat is so much more appealing and also supports stressed ecosystems. More interesting to sit among/near on the deck, as well.
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u/SofaKingS2pitt 6d ago
My gosh, that is awful and sad!
That sloped area isn’t even good for playing on, so it seems hardly worth it.
Shame your children have lost that lovely, magical natural area where their imaginations could develop.
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u/ApprehensiveSign80 7d ago
Drain bamage
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u/Scraight 6d ago
Yeah I was about to say, I wonder if they have issues with their patio flooding now…
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u/mezasu123 5d ago
That would have made for a wonderful pollinator garden and wouldn't have cleared so much. Remove invasives only.
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u/TriiFitty 7d ago
Coulda at least went with moss
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u/Teutonic-Tonic 6d ago
Given how little sun there is here... likely the moss will move in and replace grass on it's own over time... unless OP bathes it in chemicals.
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u/Flower-FarmGirl 6d ago
Terrible. They could have added a pond up there and little trails, flagstone steps, a few bird houses, native flowers, maybe a free standing swing, etc. Now it has no purpose, no benefit to the ecosystem, no creativity and is a water waste. 👎
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u/ForgetfulMasturbator 7d ago
The first pictures are what my back lawn looks like. Later pictures is like what I need to fo to sell my house.
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u/Realistic-Ad-3926 6d ago
Hmm. Um. Sooo you cut down the trees and pulled out the ground cover and replaced it with...lawn.
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u/Different-Pen8269 6d ago
That's too bad. There was so much potential... But to just replace it mostly with lawn is sad.
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u/glacierosion 6d ago
This stream of photos could be viewed either way. From wild to lawn or lawn to wild. Some posts have the photos not in order. But maybe if I know what that blue stuff dusted on everything is, I’ll know what direction to scroll through the pictures in.
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