Not to mention helping to reduce the risk of rodent problems. Pest control and fire risk are the reasons why, in my city, your are legally required to keep your jungle down to a certain level.
I have an allotment, and you'll certainly get frowned at if you let your dandelions seed all over a neighbouring plot.
I kinda enjoy both and I've found the hybrid model works best for me and my family (no complains from the neighbours, yet;).
And fortunately it's even possible (though pretty hard) to 'turn' people.
Couple of years ago I slowly started explaining in detail why pretty much anything is better as far as nature goes than a short lawn consisting of only grass, and also explaining that the idea that such lawn is the summum of gardening is purely a cultural and economical thing without much real benefits but just costing money for the owners of the lawn. This year my neighbour proudly said he would not be mowing a small piece of his fairly huge lawn because he wanted to see more bees and butterflies (which are abdundant in my own meadows) and he might not try to remove the moss this year. So now we're both happier than before. And my neighbour will spend less time and money. Sometimes life is simple yet good.
So something like: “I always thought of you as a good neighbour, because of your beautiful garden, but is complaining about your neighbours garden something a good neighbour would do?”
Usually they never bother you again then.
No, you aren't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent
> You are simultaneously reaffirming your neighbor's standards for themselves, and rejecting them for yourself.
Yes, because we are complex, subjective, multidimensional humans, and we can judge each other based on different referential systems. If I don't care about your subjective perspective, I don't have to prove myself in your eyes. And if I don't care what your referential system is then I'm only a hypocrite in your eyes.
- You have a clean yard, you must be a good person. I have a messy yard, but I like it / I don't care. I can still be a good person for other reasons, but I don't care to be that person in your eyes. I do care that you're pestering me with comments, so please stop.
2. You don't necessary have to agree with the premise, but you're proposing it because you think the other person agrees with it.
Like us.
Intriguing “fact” if true; I can’t reconcile this with so many animals eating grass. They’re both directly cutting it in their mouths, and also inhaling the volatiles from the part they leave connected to the plant.
Is there some problem common to all grazers? Something like the way koalas are proposed to be as languorous as they are because the eucalyptus leaves they eat are acting in a drug-like manner on them?
Or, alternately, is there some adaptation all grazers have in their bodily response to chemical volatiles released by the cutting of grasses, that other animals species don’t have?
[1]https://www.amazon.com/Second-Nature-Gardeners-Michael-Polla...
The article on Rohrer, which included this anecdote, theorized that his court appearance proved his gardening choices to be a matter of principle and not just negligence, thus changing the perception of him by the neighbors.
Meanwhile, his ‘Passage’ is in MOMA's initial videogame collection, and he's had a solo exhibition at The Davis Museum.