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A confession (self.nolawns)

submitted 3 months ago by greatwhitebuffalo41 to c/nolawns

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Guys, as the person who started no lawns on Reddit (and here) my yard is a disaster lol. I work outside all day and the last thing I want to do when I get home is yard work. That being said, I removed a bunch of invasives from my yard Monday and I'm working on a plan to tackle a corner of my yard the way I've always wanted to in NoLawns style with native plants. I'm always open to suggestions for the Chicago area!

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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Buy a shitload of native groundcover seed and till the ground and mix it all in?

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd have to find it locally though. Looking at some of the "native seed" sites, they're not all natives.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Google says https://www.chicagobungalow.org/post/native-plants-2024

Seems like a bunch of places to start off by calling

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41 2 points 3 months ago

This is a great resource thank you so much!

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

https://www.prairiemoon.com/ has some good natives and you can buy full plants if you like. You can sort by geographic region, garden zone, bloom time etc.