Aug 23, 2023
This idea seeks not to uproot every shred of living carpet - "just" the (humongous, sterile, resource-intensive) areas we don't use.
Owen Wormser is an ecological
landscape designer who sees restorative potential in our acres of
compulsive turf. His Nautilus
Award-winning book's practical and visionary approach to
ecological restoration can bring your place to life! Converting
areas of lawn to meadows gives us back precious time and money
while super-charging food webs and vital pollinator
supports.
Here in the KDHX listening area, the very tidy suburb of Webster Groves made it through No Mow April with reputation intact. Look for other local communities to adapt Webster's process in the early growing season of 2024. In May you can mow some paths through those plantings, and sow more life in the areas spared from tortuous trims.
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Legacy Circle Farms Strong Soil, Specialty Crops (May 2021))
Biodiversity for Corporations? Where Business Works WITH Nature (May 2020)
THANKS to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms audio engineer, to KDHX Production chief Jon Valley.