2026-07-30 04:23 UTC
Took a walk today and looked at parking strips (verges, hell strips, whatever). Photo 1 is your typical. Photos 2 & 3 show a parking strip that has reached its potential. It's all drought tolerant flowering perennials and shrubs. But get this--the second strip isn't any more work to maintain than the first one. Grass is not your lowest maintenance option. Add up the time you spend mowing, fixing & fueling the mower, watering, feeding, weeding, and you'll see.
#gardening #Bloomscrolling #lawn
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@eugeneparnell@mstdn.social 2026-07-30 04:39
Here's another garden with a fabulous parking strip. This one is pretty well known locally, it's been on a couple garden tours. In contrast to the last post, this one is actually pretty labor intensive (lots of annuals here, high water needs too). Last photo: here is your lowest maintenance parking strip option. But don't be fooled: even gravel isn't maintenance free. This strip will be full of weeds in in 6 months, even if they used weed block fabric. #gardening #Bloomscrolling #lawn