Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
I’ve let nature reclaim mine - partly due to laziness, partly because of time constraints, but mostly because winter kills half of it every year and it’s an battle to repair it.
Now the “weeds” and wildflowers are starting to bloom now and it feels like a much nicer space than it was before, and far less hassle too.
When there’s kids playing on it, I prefer no onehunga weed and less bees. Mowed long, it’s harder for the “weeds” to take hold, and you end up with more grass, which is softer and nicer to roll around in.
I definitely get the appeal of wildflowers over grass, I just don’t want to walk on them in bare feet 🙂
I was more meaning dandelions and the like by weeds - can’t say I’ve encountered onehunga ever before, but I’ll have to look out for it as I’ve got wee ones too. We do get the occasional thistle which I need to be vigilant about removing, but so far at least everything is barefoot approved
You’re lucky to not have to worry obout onehunga weed. We’re pretty lucky too as it’s not really an issue for us, but some nearby lawns are covered in it. I think our longer, thick lawn makes it hard to get established, and our immediate neighbours don’t have an obvious problem.
I make it sound like I think a lot about the lawn but most of the strategy is laziness.