Comments on: Best reasons NOT to be an Ecosystem Gardener

By: Karyl

Karyl — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:47:13 +0000

Trees shed leaves and are so messy! Leaves everywhere! Better to have a mile of high maintenance Bermuda grass and then spray the daylights out of it with pesticides since it's where Japanese beetles breed. .-= Karyl´s last blog ..Woodland Vegetable Gardener =-.

By: Kathy Green

Kathy Green — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:17:35 +0000

You want to pretend that you live in the tropical rainforest and have unlimited water for your moisture loving plants and sea of green front yard, even though you live in the desert, high plains, or other arid places of the Southwest/Rocky Mountains. After all, when “they” made those watering restrictions, “they” were thinking of someone else’s yard besides yours. The birds, wildlife and insects won’t really miss that water when it’s gone from the rivers, streams and lakes.
.-= Kathy Green´s last blog ..Spring Cleaning in the Garden is not always what you think =-.

By: Carole Brown

Carole Brown — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:24:28 +0000

All those new cultivars have to be much better! It’s so cool that scientists create them. They must be so smart. And I don’t want any BEES in my garden, anyway. That’s what RAID is for. LOL. Thanks for playing along, Lisa!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:15:59 +0000

Your sterile blossomed green coneflower is much nicer in a garden than a native blooming wildflower "weed". No matter they don't provide food to the butterflies or any other pollinator. New is always better in the plant world. .-= Lisa´s last blog ..“It’ll never grow.” =-.

By: Carole Brown

Carole Brown — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:28:29 +0000

Ha, this is funny! Yes, and you love spending hours each week trying to keep that ivy from pulling down your trees or growing through the siding on your house.