• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I’ve decided to leave the leaves on my yard and I swear my neighbors are mowing and leaf blowing twice as much just to spite me.

    IDGAF. I’d rather have fireflies and bumblebees than human neighbors

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      10 hours ago

      Fireflies were spectacular this year.

      In the front yard I let the wind take whatever leaves it takes. In the back I rake a path to the gates. Those leaves get put in a large open bin along my fence which makes nice soil in a year of so. Everything else is as nature intended.

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        10 hours ago

        I’m hoping I can stem the collapse. I saw three fireflies this past summer. Which is a 3x improvement over the summer before that.

        But coming from a place where I could walk through the woods on a dark night just by the light of fireflies it hurts my soul to be somewhere so sterile.

        • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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          1 hour ago

          We don’t get fireflies where I am, and one of my brothers took his kids on a trip to the Statesian South, his motivation being so they could see fireflies before they go extinct. I kind of wish I’d tagged along.