I will admit there is something very pleasing about looking at a well trimmed yard. That said, the percent of the earth's land surface covered by manicured lawns is tiny. The ag industry would love for you to believe your lawn is the problem. It isn't. The problem is the monoculture farm land. Acres of fields with only one type of crop. And probably other things like pollution and such. But industries love to play the "you are the problem" card to divert from themsleves.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but also: Every little bit of help, well... helps.

Don't let those industries playing the blame game discourage you from dedicating a part of your yard to a bunch of flowers, because then the problem would get ever so slightly worse.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah but you could easily have a patch of lush green grass the size of this one in your lawn and also some nice flower beds, bushes, trees and whatever else. Most people want some of that, not just a plain garden with no features. The problem isn't peoples' yards, it's pesticides.

[–] HaiZhung@feddit.de 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the correct answer, this shit is „your carbon footprint“ all over again

[–] IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

"Walk to work, ignore corporate consumption, and use only the highest quality refined petroleum products, and go easy on the avocados."

[–] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

This + a massive over usage of pesticides