The Insect Apocalypse Is Here

Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by cptskippy on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:38PM (#18544504)

No offense but you're framing your situation as though you had created a garden of native plants when in reality all you did was let your yard be overrun with whatever would grow. In other words you neglected it, intentionally or otherwise.

Most of the plants in your photos are considered weeds. So by not pruning and selectively removing aggressive and invasive plants, you're actually increasing your neighbor's use of herbicides in their attempts to combat them.

Then you cried foul when local laws were used to compel you to clean up your messy yard that was a nuisance to others. You're relying on the "why can't everyone else just behave like me then we wouldn't have an issue" defense.

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Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by andai on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:08PM (#18547302)

The fact that people consider native plants weeds is exactly the problem.

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Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by cptskippy on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:46PM (#18547585)

That's part of the problem but even a yard composed of "acceptable" plants can be over grown and unkempt. If you look at the OP's photos of his yard you'll see that it is just a mess of plants with no rhyme or reason.

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Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by ux-app on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @11:53PM (#18549366)

> If you look at the OP's photos of his yard you'll see that it is just a mess of plants with no rhyme or reason.

I think it looks wonderful. 1000x better than the bland, sterile putting greens in front of boring mc mansions.

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Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by tropdrop on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @06:27PM (#18547856)

It's OP's property - why must OP's property conform to your rhyme or reason?

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Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by cptskippy on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:49PM (#18548610)

Believe me when I say that I have no love of my lawn but regardless of legality or fairness:

The OP agreed to the laws of the municipality when he moved into the home. If the house he purchased was part of a covenant or an HOA, then the sell was not allowed to sell to him unless he agreed to the terms of said covenant or HOA.

If the OP objected to or did not educate himself to any of those laws or rules prior to agreeing to them, that's his fault.

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Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by ip26 on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @11:41PM (#18549335)

It seems like he took all of the photos in the link. That doesn't seem like a lazy homeowner who just can't be bothered to mow. Maybe he didn't hire a landscape designer and buy all his native plants from the local nursery, but I'm not getting the lazy hippie vibe (and I've seen those properties)

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Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here by cptskippy on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:27PM (#18562470)

> It seems like he took all of the photos in the link. That doesn't seem like a lazy homeowner who just can't be bothered to mow.

Taking photos one day is not the equivalent to maintaining a yard for a day let alone a season. If you look at the three photos of the yard, not the close ups of flora and fauna, you'll see there's no plan or layout. The yard was just allowed to overgrow with plants.

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rv-0OmSiXcQ/WQdXlCWQNNI/AAAAAAAAA... https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mX3B1jfVxkk/WQdevm0hYRI/AAAAAAAAA... https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9olV716pCOI/WQdXOc14CYI/AAAAAAAAA...

Additionally having plants growing that close to the house traps moisture and doesn't allow the house to dry which can lead to issues with foundation and siding.

If the OP were truly maintaining the yard then he'd have pruned back the plants form the house.

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