I do not want to cut grass.
field notes from rethinking what my lawn can be
I stopped cutting my grass, and food started growing.
Right Now
- currently blooming
- sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias, marigolds & spider flowers
- currently harvesting
- strawberries, sugar snap peas, radishes, blackberries, & many herbs
- currently buzzing
- bees, dragonflies & the season's first butterflies
- currently visiting
- Anoles (members of my "Lizard Army"), hummingbirds & chipmunks
🌻 Sunflowers — several kinds!
🌸 Cosmos
💐 Zinnias
🌼 Marigolds
🕸️ Spider flowers
💜 Lavender
🍓 Alpine strawberries
🫐 Blackberries
🟢 Sugar snap peas — harvesting now
🌶️ Okra
🍉 Watermelon — sprouting
🧅 Onions — almost ready
🥔 Potatoes — first year!
🫛 Bush beans
🥒 Cucumbers
🎃 Pumpkins — on the way
🌿 Mint — wild
🍀 Wild violet
🧄 Wild onion
Garden Log
Finding food.
Finding wild blackberries all over.
Residents
🐝
Bee
Shows up the second any flower blooms.
🐞
Ladybug
Patrols the lettuce. Very serious about it.
🦎
Anole
Every corner, every vine. The Lizard Army has fully claimed this yard.
🦋
Monarch
First butterfly of the season.
🐿️
Chipmunk
One confirmed sighting so far.
🐦
Hummingbird
Two different visitors spotted this year.
Garden Photos
Plants
Wildlife
Guestbook
Stopped by? Leave a note — I'd love to know who's been wandering through the garden.
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Games
An anole chilling in the garden. Tap a pest bug if you feel like it.
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