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Gardening

shrike3

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41. Doesn't sound too American to me, ie., Democratic. But that's me.

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #30)

Mon Oct 23, 2023, 10:19 AM

Oct 2023

Really weird. People who say they're all about freedom (the people that I know) don't want freedom for anybody else. Want everyone to be controlled. Strange. Why I'd never live in one.

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Homeowner Faces Citation for Her 'Woke' Garden: Native Plants, KY 🌿 [View all] appalachiablue Oct 2023 OP

Some of her neighbors are morons and their boring chemical yards are death zones. Eom diane in sf Oct 2023 #1

You can use earth friendly chemicals now. It's 2023, not 1970. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #7

It probably takes more time and thought than yours getagrip_already Oct 2023 #9

++ appalachiablue Oct 2023 #11

It is strange that you don't see dandelions anymore. They used to be everywhere. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #15

See post 21. niyad Oct 2023 #35

YES!!!! niyad Oct 2023 #36

I'm pretty sure you'd hate our yard. LuvLoogie Oct 2023 #16

I have no idea one way or the other. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #18

Just my personal experience: people who live in HOAs tend to be the "ma freedom" types. shrike3 Oct 2023 #27

Could be. But everyone no matter what must comply or they get kicked out of fined. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #30

Doesn't sound too American to me, ie., Democratic. But that's me. shrike3 Oct 2023 #41

Nothing was said in the article about an HOA, but keep on niyad Oct 2023 #37

Laugh away. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #38

Well done appalachiablue Oct 2023 #32

Her yard is a certified wildlife habitat, NOT "she is lazy". it niyad Oct 2023 #21

Yep. My neighbor brings me food. Thank god! jimfields33 Oct 2023 #39

I don't see why not. Would even make one of my special niyad Oct 2023 #40

Note that she made the changes (or started to) in 2005... RockRaven Oct 2023 #2

Saw that, the neighbors are dying to use woke... appalachiablue Oct 2023 #33

Native gardens don't need to look messy Mossfern Oct 2023 #3

Appreciate the expertise! calimary Oct 2023 #13

There really are no plantings, just whatever comes up. Mossfern Oct 2023 #14

She is also a Master Gardener DeschutesRiver Oct 2023 #17

Then she should know Mossfern Oct 2023 #20

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.". I found her garden niyad Oct 2023 #22

+1 appalachiablue Oct 2023 #34

Some of her neighbors, and whoever issued that citation, niyad Oct 2023 #4

I can supply the mint and some multiflora rose. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #5

Ahhh, a person after my own heart! That will be even more fun niyad Oct 2023 #6

or maybe catnip instead? DBoon Oct 2023 #8

Catnip (catmint) is a member of the mint family. It grows niyad Oct 2023 #23

Hah! You want the invasive species that ate the South ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #19

Actually, kudzu has various healing properties, in some niyad Oct 2023 #24

Poison ivy. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #28

Now there is a thought. niyad Oct 2023 #29

Purslane and kudzu ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #42

I had forgotten about purslane. niyad Oct 2023 #43

"Woke" gardening? That is sooooooo mind boggling STUPID! Auggie Oct 2023 #10

I had to read the title three times. I was certain I was not niyad Oct 2023 #25

i'm truly baffled barbtries Oct 2023 #12

I, too, practice woke gardening, Ocelot II Oct 2023 #26

Prospect neighborhood Bayard Oct 2023 #31