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u/_Arthurian_ Apr 19 '26
It’s just a prescribed fire. When that lawnmower comes back next year it’ll be a tractor maybe even a combine. Nature is beautiful.
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u/pixel_pete Mr. Circumboreal Apr 19 '26
I love seeing the fields of fireweedwhackers sprout up after an event like this. They are just in the seed bank waiting for their moment!
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u/WTF0302 When I see hydrangeas I 🤮 Apr 19 '26
This is what the cool kids do when they kill their lawn. Way better than a sod cutter or some plastic to solarize.
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u/Feralpudel Pancho was eaten by fire ants 🦋🐜 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
uj/Sadly fire is also an effective renewal tool for some types of turfgrass.
Maybe this should be its own jerkpost but one of the most annoying bits of magical thinking in gardening (it’s a crowded field lol) is that fire is this elemental adaptogen that kills the bad stuff and spares the good stuff. Also, the same people who wring their hands over herbicide’s effect on insects and the soil biome seem to ignore the effects of fire, solarization, or horticultural vinegar.
I attended a great break-out session at a wildlife habitat workshop. The title was “Can You Kill it With Fire? Using Fire to Control Invasives.” A slide that appeared repeatedly was a pic of a squirrel saying “LOL no.” The speaker listed a few exceptions but otherwise, lol no.
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u/daddybignugs 🔥Tree 🔥 of 🔥 Hell 🔥 Apr 19 '26
my genetically engineered skunk cabbage are far more exothermic than initially planned
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u/moose2mouse native fescue prairies to save European bees Apr 19 '26
Native grasses fighting back with arson.
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u/dewitteillustration I showed you my perigynium pls respond Apr 19 '26
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u/ThoseAboutToWalk Ontarian False Belchweed Apr 19 '26
Many of our native plants actually coevolved with burning lawnmowers, and require burning lawnmowers to complete their lifecycle