The Dark History of American Lawns

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The cost of America’s lawn obsession. And what you can do to fix it.
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00:00 Intro
00:39 How we first became obsessed with lawns
02:59 From European elites to America elites
03:54 Push mowers for the masses
04:30 The pristine, green American dream
06:10 Thirstiest. crop. ever.
07:15 Are mowers bigger polluters than cars?
08:28 How to feed our tiny heroes
10:18 Is your beautiful lawn killing you?
11:15 HOW TO FIX YOUR LAWN IN 4 EASY STEPS
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@alofearth Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ ALL of your videos are full of valuable plant information along with how to "grow with a conscience." This one has impressed me the most. You, and you're platform, have probably done more to teach people how to be better stewards of our planet than most governments have done. Keep up the great work. Grow on!

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

That really means something to me. Thank you for the kind words.

@MichaelMorris-eq1hn Жыл бұрын

+1 couldn't have said it better myself

@tomst9417 Жыл бұрын

We live in the country on about 6 acres, 3 of which are lawn. I spend about 5 hours per week during the growing season (April-October), or about 130 hours per year just mowing it. We don't water the lawn and this summer we are in a drought so most of it is a nice crunchy brown. My long term goal is to convert about 70% of the lawn to wild , planting native trees, shrubs and wildflowers and prairie grass. I'd love to get back the time I spend mowing and use that time for my garden. In the 2 acres that has been growing wild, in spring we had our local volunteer fire department do a controlled burn. When spring turned to summer that area just exploded with wildflowers, back eyed susans, bee balm, cone flowers. It's nice to see all the pollinators, butterflies and humming birds at work out there.

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I would love to see that! So inspiring! Keep up the amazing work.

@amyrenee1361 Жыл бұрын

Grow some clover and alfalfa! It's excellent for the soil. If you haven't learned about the Nitrogen Cycle, I highly recommend looking into it. Best wishes 💕

@thepenguin11 Жыл бұрын

Here is a secret. You move grass 3 times a year (EU regulation on biodiversity ecological grasslands). Moving 3 times a year does not let shrubs develop and lets plants grow fully to seed. EU even pays people to do it.

@StefFrederick Жыл бұрын

You should get goats or something..

@victoryak86 Жыл бұрын

My neighbor is a forward thinking landscape architect and she converted her front yard from boring grass (and ever present “enemy” weeds) into a sort of rock garden with a variety of low maintenance native flowers and tall grasses and ground cover that thrives on its own. So much prettier and interesting to look at.

@michelleprull4105 Жыл бұрын

I got chickens about 6 years ago and made my husband stop spraying the lawn for them. My “lawn” is now as natural as can be and I’m too that point where an immaculate lawn looks ugly to me.

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

That’s just plain ridiculous! Grass is beautiful!!

@michelleprull4105 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 not when all you can see is the amount of chemical that went into it.

@nancyyamout8499 Жыл бұрын

I'm from a small country in the Middle East called Lebanon. When I moved to the States it really bothered me that Americans cut their trees, put lawn all over, then starts pulling weeds, cutting the grass and just spending ridiculously time and money for nothing. It's been 8 years since I moved and until now that I made some progress convincing my husband to change little bit in our land.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

What do you think would happen if we went to Lebanon and tried to tell everyone there that what they are doing is ridiculous??

@nancyyamout8499 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 nothing! Some will approve and some will not. But for sure people will keep doing what they are doing.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

@@nancyyamout8499 the point is is that you don’t move to another country and start telling them that they are doing things wrong. Why on Earth would anyone do that?

@nancyyamout8499 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 I respect what others do and it's definitely not my business, but that doesn't mean I should like it.

@thepenguin11 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 lol America does that all the time. They love to order people around. XD

@patrickpleasant151 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a big chemical user at all the more natural the better but lawns do serve a practical purpose. When I moved to the Cross Timbers (Ecoregion 29) from the Northeast years ago I realized that the high temperatures, low summer rainfall and high evaporation would cause massive erosion without grass cover this is not N.J. where it rains twice a week all year long. The best solution is native Buffalo Grass it requires little to no irrigation or fertilizer and prefers to be cut high (around 2 1/2 inches or so). If you use Milorganite twice a year cut every 7 to ten days and water once every week or two in the dry season and mow with a Reel Mower and ditch the power weed whacker for an Ames True Temper manual Weeder and some hand held grass sheers you won't just go green (Our going green won't offset the coal and nuclear power plants polluting to provide power for $70,000 Teslas all of which still need petroleum lubricants, or the unregulated CCP factories producing most of the worlds pollution but it's a step in the right direction.) but you'll get ripped too, so you won't need that Gym membership anymore folks!

@RamPuppy Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. I live in an area of Texas noted for having 'expanding clay' soil - we have to water our home foundations religiously or the clay will shrink, leave huge gaps around the foundation, which can then shift and crack. Our native invaders are things like sticker burrs, nettles, poison oak, and grasses that will get 3 or 4 feet high. Maintaining a good lawn is more than just erosion control for us. We also have HOA's to contend with. One of the things this video misses is that there are a ton of people out there that stay as organic as possible in their lawn care, I use organic liquid fertilizer, so no pellets for birds to eat, it also contains soil bacteria cultures. I use High Gluten Cornmeal as a pre-emergent, and granular horticultural molasses as a pest deterrent that also adds nutrition to the soil h Gluten Cornmeal as a pre-emergent, and granular horticultural molasses as a pest deterrent that also adds nutrition to the soil, as well as milorganite, which is a natural source of nitrogen and iron (it has to be broken down by bacteria). The absolute worst pest we have to deal with down here are invasive fire ants. if you do not control them you will get a network of mounds that make it dangerous to walk into your yard, fire ands kill ground nesting birds, and other small native creatures - and there is no effective predatory control species for them. Even using predatory nematodes doesn't work well. But I try to stay organic and use a spinosad based bait. Overall control can mostly be achieved because fire ants don't like healthy soil thats full or roots and organic matter - so a healthy lawn can literally be an area of denial against them. All of my lawn equipment is electric. Unfortunately I can't do anything about coal being the primary source of electricity. I generally like Nicole's videos, but this one felt preachy and haughty. I'd like to see Nicole welcome a colony of Fire Ants into her yard, she won't be sitting in it making videos anymore.

@patrickpleasant151 Жыл бұрын

@@RamPuppy It's sounds like TX has most of the same issues we do in OK, sand burs or as my Dad who was from here called them Goat's Head Stickers, fire ants (Thanks Brazil, why couldn't they send bikini models?? 😂) Clay and Sandy loam is the soil combination we were blessed with and so I know all about the "foundation dance" I've planned Sea Green Junipers, a Wintergreen juniper a thornless Honey Locust and Manchurian Catalpas to help with shade and to stabilize the soil. It's an adventure in the wicky wicky wild wild west! 😆

@RamPuppy Жыл бұрын

@@patrickpleasant151 it can be a trial. lol. one of the things i forgot to mention earlier is there are acceptable degrees of bio-diversity, and unacceptable ones. If I were to allow the native grasses and weeds to take over my yard, ya know what would move in next? ( besides a lean on the house from the HOA?) that would be field mice and rats, vermin that carry disease. after that? now were talking rat snakes, which also like to climb tees at eat native birds, and rattlesnakes. foot long texas ted headed centipedes which you do NOT want biting you. couple that with those fire ants, and now we really have a great yard for Nicole to film in.

@patrickpleasant151 Жыл бұрын

@@RamPuppy I live right next to the woods two sides of my property border the forest it's mostly Post Oaks, Blackjack Oaks and Buckley Hickories and along with it tarantulas the size of a fist, black and red centipedes a foot long, rattle snakes, copperheads, coyotes, racoons, rabbits, owls and everything they eat and so much more. My Dad was right when he said "When you live next to the woods it's always creeping in twords you and so you have to constantly fight it back." Nicole is freaking lovely but I think she's gotten to used to one environment, they're so many different parts of the country that aren't The Hamptons that strategy won't fly in most of the country. I do appreciate her enthusiasm, ASMR voice and her extraordinarily refined manner of speaking.

@danarzechula3769 Жыл бұрын

@@RamPuppy oh anything to keep away the fire ants

@monicareid8858 Жыл бұрын

I can’t love this enough!!! I just bought 20 acres that have been vacant over 30 years. While it’s grown wild, and has lovely diversity, invasive plants have also taken hold and overrun much of the growth and inhibited native plants from taking root. So I’ve been removing invasive species (invasive honeysuckle, buckthorn, multiflora rose, choking clematis, and many others). I’ve also brought in and planted over a hundred bare root trees known to be beneficial to our state’s natural environment-sold by the DEC, Upstate NY. While I hope to build a small cabin, and eventually a home, I plan to maintain wild growth, bring in more native species, grow food in small regions while keeping the woods intact, and only harvest what I absolutely need. My degree is in biology with an ecological emphasis My career is is another field (which I love) It’s lovely to finally use my background for good. Thank you so very much for this video!! Get the word out!!!

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

Building a cabin on the land will ruin its biodiversity. You need to let the entire property stay wild!!!

@Aoudhubillahi Жыл бұрын

Hardiness Zones was/is a brilliant consideration in Architecture and Landscaping Design. Although I am not a biologist nor botanist glad to hear that you are considerate of regional native species.

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Well done, Monica!!!! What you're doing to nurture the environment is so inspiring! Thank you for all your hard work on those 20 acres.

@austinfreyrikrw6651 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for yet another great video, Nicole. Yes, this idea of an immaculate green monoculture we call “lawn” is just madness. At my place, we never water the grass, don’t put chemical fertilizer or any kind of pesticides or herbicides. I leave the lawn clippings on the lawn and sprinkle crushed egg shells and used coffee grounds as natural fertilizers. It’s nice to see the wild violets and clovers popping up by themselves.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

It’s not madness and when people like you overreact it makes you look like an extremist. Insects are not disappearing because of lawns. Lawns take up a very small percentage of land in this country. Why is it that you can’t support your point of view without disparaging others??

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

Oh and BTW coffee grounds do not make good fertilizer unless they are composted first.

@oscarcastellanos9270 Жыл бұрын

I never have been able to wrap my head around an "immaculate" lawn. If it requires that much effort and resources then naturally we are going against nature.

@RamPuppy Жыл бұрын

It actually doesn't require a lot of effort if you work to build healthy soil (which would be, by the very definition of healthy, bio diverse) you can easily get a lawn that is so healthy it crowds out everything else.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

You can’t wrap your head around science but you can wrap your head around a fairytale. Got it.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

@@RamPuppy you clearly know your lawns!!

@ronmaximilian6953 Жыл бұрын

While growing native plants may be possible for most, rewinding lawns with native "weeds" is harder. Many homeowner associations won't allow it. Realtors and therefore banks claim that it lowers property values. This means that renters, landlords, and owners who feel that they need to sell in the near future cannot do anything but grow lawns. And then there are the unenlightened neighbors who will look on your lawn as a source of "weeds."

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

The neighbors are not un enlightened just because they don’t feel the way you do. That’s how the Nazis separated people.

@ronmaximilian6953 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 unenlightened people are not untermenschen. They are simply less informed. The problem is that some of them will actually prevent you from using your property in the way you would like. Your reductio ad hitlarium is absurd and obscene. I am perfectly willing and able to speak about actual Nazi ideology and it's video logical factions from the Strasser Brothers to Hitler.

@ptm374 Жыл бұрын

Lower property values means lower taxes. I’d emphasize that with the neighbors if they get worked up. Something we can all get behind

@massoodn9410 Жыл бұрын

Hi Nicole every time I watch your program, I learn so much, from sour dough to gardening, to healthy living,and healthy thinking. I was born and raised in a nation where “organic “ living was the only way of life. Always had so much energy and never got fat! All day long we played in dirt, but never got sick. Now we live in a toxic world. You are so right. You amaze me with your intelligence, courage, caring and sharing, and sense of humor too! Thank you for all you are doing.

@ROGER2095 Жыл бұрын

Finally - Someone applauds my laziness! Dandelions were almost extinct in my neighborhood until I came along.

@sdega315 Жыл бұрын

I'm a backyard beekeeper. I let my lawn go to clover and short green things! I also have a colony of Coletes bees that emerge in May, live their best life 10 inches off the ground for about 6 weeks, and wait for next spring.

@mjturner916 Жыл бұрын

my dad and I just. talked about this yesterday. My yard is planted and uncut with lots of visitors.

@Upsidedownorangejuice Жыл бұрын

Biggest thing for me is always cut your lawn at the longest setting, and embrace long unkempt lawns, knowing that your healthier then your neighbours even if they don't like it... at least ours is more drought tolerant.

@letsgowinnietheflu5439 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in the 1970's my dad was not that big on lawn keeping. our yard was think with clover and we had years were the honey bees were just thick in our back yard. Got stung more then once when I stepped bare foot on one got to the point were I would just stop pull the stinger and be on my way. Bought my parents home about 15 years ago until last and this year I had not seen the honey bees

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing these thoughts, Cindy! It's mind-blowing how disconnected we've become from nature. But it's heartening there are people like you in this world who care deeply!

@letsgowinnietheflu5439 Жыл бұрын

@@TrueFoodTV I will be the 1st to admit that I am very skeptical of the actual ecology movements too many Marxist involved, but at the same time here in the Midwest USA I have noticed a definite decrease in insect and bird life in the last 20 years

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

@@letsgowinnietheflu5439 yes a lot of these groups use communist tactics and are really just tools of the Marxists. And otherwise nice smart people are duped by them.

@TheRustyRazorOriginal Жыл бұрын

Cultivated weeds for no reasonable use but to make the house look nice. Here in Iowa we enjoy when the July hot dry weather hits and don't have to mow it for two or more months. I spend my growing flowers for the bee's and Humming Birds around the house and grapes for a fence. Best thing to do is create flower beds that have many different zones to attract pollinators

@KlairedeLysOfficial Жыл бұрын

I'm planning on getting some of the taller metal beds this year. I already have two of them, but the next four will be the taller ones. Anything to save my back in the long run (plus, they look gorgeous!)

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

That's a really great idea! When/if I expand my garden, I would do the same!

@tesnard Жыл бұрын

all cities ordinances should watch this video to learn :)

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

No that would be a waste of time and infringe on peoples rights to pursue happiness. Let’s not be nature tyrants. It’s not a good look and won’t help the cause.

@thepenguin11 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 How the hell would that infringe on peoples rights?

@Decypha77 Жыл бұрын

I upvoted this before I even watched. I watched and it was exactly what I thought it would be. My wife hates the idea of a non-manicured "natural" loan. So we've had to compromise. We have a formal garden in the acre closest to the house. The other 2.5 acres is more natural. Planning to experiment with a food forest, hopefully relatively self sustaining, somewhere in the external garden.

@bcatbb2896 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly how I felt whenever I see a lawn full of grass I never understood the logic or desire to make your front lawn so useless

@teacheronanadventure Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this information! It’s so hard to explain to people and change the mindset. I’ve seen “homesteader” KZfaqrs put down 850 rolls of sod in their yard before and it’s now so painful to see 😭

@craigcostley4310 Жыл бұрын

this video makes me feel better for not having a lawn, and just having all natural weeds and some grasses. my family say im just too poor.

@Andre-qo5ek Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the TLDR timestamp. always appreciated.

@kkagogo6566 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! A real eye opener. I'm going to implement some of your suggestions. Thank you so much!

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear!

@VanDerClof59 Жыл бұрын

We have a wild yard. Beautiful flowers, bee's , and birds all over. Love it.

@JSTpacek Жыл бұрын

excessively watering the lawn (or washing the car every Saturday for that matter) should be forbidden. water is getting precious these days.

@thepenguin11 Жыл бұрын

It is forbidden by law in Europe to wash your car anywhere, where water is not collected and sent through treatment. So basically you cannot wash your car in your driveway, unless you have treatment system installed.

@danarzechula3769 Жыл бұрын

Water has always been precious we are just now realizing it

@user-ey9bt7fs6n Жыл бұрын

I live in the southwest. After seeing what’s going on just west of us we should all go zero scape, convert our sprinkler systems to drip.

@tiam8042 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Thank you for educating us.

@Vulcan1022 Жыл бұрын

I see a soccer field, a baseball field, a football field, a picnic area, kill all the bugs and let’s play! Yes you are a super hottie and I respect your shows, but I love my lawn! All five acres of it :)

@alyssakuder4161 Жыл бұрын

Love it! We’ve been allowing nature to take back about 1/2 of our 2.5acres. We bought the lot former farm land. It’s beautiful wildflowers, raspberries my kids love picking and eating these and trees I found this spring about a dozen pine trees.

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Sounds wonderful!!!!

@hcusworthful Жыл бұрын

I hope this is watched by lots of people!

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

And I hope they see through all of the BS in it!

@HarshIndia19 Жыл бұрын

I was actually thinking about same. We can plant any other food plants, like fruits or kitchen garden, Orchard, orchid etc,

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Yes, we have to think creatively! There are so many possibilities!!

@viralpatel5338 Жыл бұрын

That is why I never irrigate my lawn. Never spray any chemicals for weeds and never fertilize it. I always thought of it all as an effort to do what? To get the wow of a person walking by?

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

You are clueless! People do it for their own satisfaction. I guess having pride in your home is not important to Indian people.

@viralpatel5338 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 psychologically the pride comes from others approval

@Private-user612 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 there is more than one way to take pride in one’s home. Having inedible, useless grass on one’s property for pure aesthetics is not for everyone. Just saying. And the fact that you made a generalization about all Indians based on a comment on the net is not a very flattering look.

@aleenaprasannan2146 Жыл бұрын

My ground cover is like a curated canvas of volunteer plants. So far I have found four kinds of ferns in just a small patch of land, some clover, and recently a creeper with tiny round leaves and tiny violet flower have turned (haven't figured out what it is yet). I also have an endemic flower, Torenai bicolor which also popped up own it's own and now it just reseed all the time. From what I have learned, if you are patient enough to wait and see what naturally pops up, nature will gift you the best plants for your garden. Just persuade nature, don't force it. I also got a great tip to only cut out plants and leave the roots to decompose, instead of uprooting it. A lot of biochemical activity happen between roots and soil biomes and leaving the root zone intact will benefit the other plants

@patrickpleasant151 Жыл бұрын

I like the way you write it has a poetic quality I can tell you genuinely appreciate the details of your environment I feel as if I've seen it all for myself now. Here's hoping you're a Malabar Catholic and if you're a not I'm sure you won't mind if I light a candle for you as a blessing the next time I'm at Mass. Thanks for stimulating my imagination peace from the U.S. 🕊️

@michaelsylvester7272 Жыл бұрын

Hi Nicole, I always leave more educated after watching your channel. You are so right on this about grass 🌱 it's a big markup.

@joecannes2421 Жыл бұрын

Very informative as usual, thank you Nicole

@jhawk6014 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about doing this on one of my rental homes. It was built in the 1960s with a lawn in the front and in the back. I was able to see several photos overtime of the home and I noticed that the yards looked worse and worse over the years. We are currently putting the plans together to bring the property back to its natural state. If you are interested in some Time Lapse photos, let me know what angles you want. I’m not good at that photography stuff.

@adamolsen6411 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this message!!

@butchpedit4871 Жыл бұрын

There are many commercial wild flower mixes available. On an old lawn that has not seen fertilizer or pesticides for over 20 years (currently a mix of fescues, clover, violets etc), can I just overseed without turning the soil?

@KamiInValhalla Жыл бұрын

Ahh man I hate lawns. Hate it so much as it is wasted space and resources (especially water). Wife said she is scared of snakes and I asked her when she last spent time in the yard. She was not a happy camper.

@dilshaddelawalla Жыл бұрын

Love it! Thank you! I have been thinking about this.

@bhaktuhlife Жыл бұрын

Amazing information, excellent delivery that is much needed .

@amandazhu5118 Жыл бұрын

what an incredibly well-researched video! Thank you for bringing attention to this!

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

You have got to be kidding!

@bradsimpson8724 Жыл бұрын

We have 120 acres of farmland. We grow a bunch of hay, we have pasture filled with wild grasses, and we have a big garden. In front of the house, though, we've got about 3 acres of lawn. I always had it for the kids; it's a great play space. They're getting older now, though, and playing outside in the grass is not the thing it once was. And I'm not prepared to invest the effort into maintaining it anymore. I think I'll continue to water it, but beyond that, I think I'm ready to just abandon it to nature for a few years and see what it turns into.

@robertb966 Жыл бұрын

I love this, Great content! Totally support.

@daveebert1925 Жыл бұрын

Very Well Done. Thank You...

@jasonterry8883 Жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@Shrinidhihv Жыл бұрын

That moment of pulling hairs (hat), summarised my feelings.

@arachnid33 Жыл бұрын

My lawn looks like yours! It took a few years but now I love it. So pretty to see all the pollinators in the clover. It is also very drought resistant.

@sandrelacita Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ms. Jolly! I had no idea that none of our lawn grasses were native! Good info, as always.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

Grass is native to this country just not the ones cultivated for lawns.

@tbz1551 Жыл бұрын

4:14 "hire servants"?? ... is that how you think Washington and Jefferson managed to keep such tidy lawns? For all intents and purposes you're yadayadaing over slavery in America being a part of "lawn care" in it's origins. Fascinating piece... just a mild omission in the details.

@Intentionaltia 11 ай бұрын

I love this video thank you!

@ginalombardo7358 Жыл бұрын

I loved this lesson & I don't even have a lawn to speak of. ( I rent & the lawn is taken care of by the best bidding lawn care company for that year). I find all of your garden & food lessons interesting. I will be sharing this with my siblings who have lawns. Thanks for sharing.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

Don’t get upset if they don’t take your advice.

@DannerPlace Жыл бұрын

Two words: Astro Turf. (j/k)

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

🤣

@happytrails125 Жыл бұрын

Everything thing you addressed in this video I have done for almost 15 years now...its so beautiful and I was able to have it registered as a wildlife habitat.

@sanjuansteve Жыл бұрын

Liked and Shared my lovely friend! I love your message and fight to share it constantly.

@blenderbenderguy Жыл бұрын

Best presentation yet regarding the stupidity of lawns!!!

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

Don’t lose any sleep over it! My lawn is lush and green and not going anywhere!!

@blenderbenderguy Жыл бұрын

@@MikeR65 Whatever works for you.... certainly not losing sleep over your lushness 😀

@RareWolf81 Жыл бұрын

Great video 💯

@brucegrover5799 Жыл бұрын

Love this!! Thank you TFTV family. :-) We're going to do this. I'm SO sick of our lawn. Fortunately we haven't put down any pesticides or fertilizer so the transition should be easier. We're going to research native plants and find the way forward. LOVE!

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Bruce!! yessssss... let me know how/if I can help/advise. Love to you guys.

@tomscott2.0communisteditio64 Жыл бұрын

Hi Bruce, one of the more important things for a plant within its soil is the microbial activity present within that soil, the content of bacteria and certain algae’s. You’ll be pleased to know grass is one of the single best plants in supporting soil microbial development, and it’s massively helped by the majority (though not all) synthetic fertilisers.

@walid7885 Жыл бұрын

I need to show this to my wife. The best video of this Chanel. This is one hell of a Chanel. I learned so much from here.

@bethanyhutchinson6714 Жыл бұрын

I hear you, Nicole! Our “yard” is full of clover, violets, dandelions, and other weeds. We took part of our back yard and are trying to transition it to creeping thyme. We’re making some good progress and the pollinators love the thyme flowers.

@como3378 Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure and a learning experience to watch your videos! Do you have any advice on how to deal with Japanese beetles infestation?

@billp5656 Жыл бұрын

I have never watered my lawn and the grass is always green except for the rare drought . Alabama the beautiful

@mylyric9044 Жыл бұрын

What a timing! I was thinking about planting this kind of grass as a vertical garden on our concrete fence to make it green. However I have never use synthetic fertiliser because its kills the soil, instead I mix the planting soil with ground charcoal to save more water and energy. What do you think Nicole, should I continue my mission or abort it?

@austincraft327 Жыл бұрын

at our farm we have white dutch clover grass and we love it, helps soil and bees and looks nice. they should make clover sod and sell at these sod places. thanks for video great topic!!

@kileysevens9116 Жыл бұрын

I undid my lawn... and let it grow wild and I don't cut it lol I've had sooo many wild plants and more birds and bugs than ever around my home. I love it.

@nauticalnovice9244 Жыл бұрын

Great! That's what my garden looks like.

@jamesp8459 Жыл бұрын

Yep, all true. My plan is to turn the back hill of my yard into a native wildflower garden/shrubland. It will look cool in x years. I'm curious what my neighbor's water bill is every month dumping endless amounts of water on his lawn everyday to keep it emerald green. Some municipalities solved their water crisis by outlawing lawn watering. Lawns are also carbon positive as they remove very little CO2 and more is added to water, fertilize and mow them.

@squeekycheese Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, I have been preaching this for years. Every year my lawn gets smaller when I plant a shrub or ground cover. The whole idea of a pristine pesticide treated lawn is utterly ridiculous. I have this fantasy of a world without poisons and machinery to produce a lawn that has no practical purpose.

@tomscott2.0communisteditio64 Жыл бұрын

Why are you using a pesticide on a lawn? Do you understand what a pesticide is?

@rsellers Жыл бұрын

Well done!

@crispyapple3053 Жыл бұрын

I like most of my lawn companions too though my lawn is also loaded with plantain, it's a massive nuisance this year with the dry weather. I don't see much plantain on your lawn. Dry season I let my lawn go yellow, it's turned back green with the rain.

@johna6917 Жыл бұрын

I only do organic fertilizing (Miloganite or equivalent and Greene County Fertilizer). No pesticides or herbicides. As for dandelions, if you want you can eat the whole thing, flowers, stems, and leaves.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

I have people that can’t just do their thing they want to force everyone else to do it too! It will be a cold day in hell before I don’t have a beautiful lawn.

@l... Жыл бұрын

Next native bugs Please

@willowtree5267 Жыл бұрын

I watch my neighbors place about five trash bags on the curb every garbage day, all filled with grass clippings. 😔

@BELightTT Жыл бұрын

@TURE FOOD TV Thanks you so much for making this video!! I spent a large majority of my life as an urbanite in NYC, but always with the heart and soul of an environmental steward and conservationist. Lots of love and support for my urban farmers, for sure. But last year, I had to move back home with my mom, who lives in a classic sort of suburb. And I find myself irate almost daily and screaming at the walls (because no one will listen🤣) about this EXACT TOPIC! Almost word for word! I am so grateful to have found your channel. Thank you for putting into words and broadcasting this message. It gives a lot of support to the other voices (like mine) which are not as readily heeded. It makes us feel less alone and more empowered to keep spreading this message.🙏

@TrueFoodTV Жыл бұрын

Such kind words. Thank you. From one NYC refugee to another.

@markbedard6238 Жыл бұрын

Love this video please dont lose your beauty and love for our earth we need more teachers of all things green like you god bless

@goodlife7756 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!!

@chandu1473 Жыл бұрын

Excellent ! great !

@Jana-wz7dr Жыл бұрын

Thank you. What a fabulous episode. I wish there was a way to make every lawn loving person watch this. I ripped up my lawn about 20 years ago, much to the horror of some neighbours. I have a diverse postage sized garden with native plants, and some non native which eventually will be replaced, mulch and a veggie garden. Yup, in front of my house. Again many people did not like it at first. The cool thing is, over the years our neighbourhood has become only about 50% lawns and there are now many veggie gardens in front yards. Love it!!

@krispykruzer Жыл бұрын

It’s the same in the Arab countries, lush green lawn is a status symbol

@hjfisk2849 Жыл бұрын

I happened onto your channel a few months ago because I was curious about olive oil so I happened on to your video: Olive oil - How it’s made? Not long after that I became a subscriber to your channel. Recently I watched your video: The dark history of American lawns. Having done some other research on this I have decided to allow about half of my yard to transform into a meadow. At the moment this means I have simply stopped mowing. I will enjoy watching the change as we move into fall and winter, then next spring I will do more. I very much enjoy your channel. I worked in and retired from the Food Industry so I find your channel to be VERY interesting. I appreciate the richness and depth of the information you present and the professionalism of your videos.

@jessstuart7495 Жыл бұрын

I've been converting more and more of my yard into usable garden space. If I wanted a pristine green outdoor carpet, I'd lay down astro-turf.

@johnjude2685 Жыл бұрын

Love my neighbors that buy bags for setting leaves out to the cube and I pickup .I mulch and compose the leaves and them brown bags are better that cardboard as a weed bearer in my garden under compose ( cardboard are sometimes treated beware Amazon treated their packaging!)

@dianalieskovsky8729 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤thank you Nicole you so right.

@bettymiller1929 Жыл бұрын

I was so impressed… I subscribed! I want clover and violets!!!! Love it!

@joewiltjer5201 Жыл бұрын

Great video, particularly your closing statement. This really is one way to make a small difference, it's too easy and there are no good reasons to continue with the status quo.

@burtwonderstone5315 Жыл бұрын

I wish every single American was required to watch this video. Imagine the positive impact it could have on our environment!

@joesmuck3755 Жыл бұрын

I feel you told half the story why people like lawns and why they started. The fact it looks good is simply a by product for another reason, which is it keeps pests and disease at bay. I big deal when a cold could kill you back in the day. If I don’t mow my lawn mice and rats will destroy my garden, short grass=no where to hide.

@GregCameron2008 Жыл бұрын

Definitely an eye opening video.

@wateradept88 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, totally agree. I feel it’s important to note that on the west coast where we have wildfires you will still probably want to clear leaves and brush to protect your home. If you leave near forest

@rukshanweerasinghe9436 Жыл бұрын

Good idea madam thank you so much

@logandgarden1942 Жыл бұрын

having two acres of lawn. its a mix of grass clover . weeds ect. as long as there some color of green it fine by me it a waste of money and time. I enjoy see the tons of bees using the clover. there so much flowering in the yard I walk barefoot and they don't even bother me when I almost step on them.

@temporalsoliton Жыл бұрын

This might be your best video ever. Thanks

@bladewiper Жыл бұрын

There is no greater make work project than grass, and as soon as you stop, it starts to revert back to a wild area. Just like pushing a rock up a hill.

@MikeR65 Жыл бұрын

Not really . I enjoy taking care of my lawn and the exercise I get from maintaining it keeps me healthy. Win win!!

@Peppermon22 Жыл бұрын

We have a small lot in a neighborhood. Everyone thinks I’m crazy because I didn’t want to add grass on the whole .20 acre lot. We put gravel in the back where we keep cars & fire pit. On both sides of the house we have gravel. One side I am building a box garden lot. Our grass in the front is having a hard time growing. I really want to add more box gardens and wild flower. USDA had some rule that said I had to put a lawn in when we built. I wish I could have spent the money on the front yard I wanted instead of sprinklers and grass.

@Creativekoi Жыл бұрын

You should interview Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't

@growagarden54 Жыл бұрын

Is the manufacturing of Vego steel, raised beds polluting the air, as opposed to wood, although not as long lasting raised beds? Just wondering if you can do a "how is it made" vego raised bed. Thanks!

@NigelFortune Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Nicole! I make sure my grass grows long so wildflowers can flourish..

@nickadams2361 Жыл бұрын

I love this chick damn

@gauravbhatia1054 Жыл бұрын

Hi , love from India 🇮🇳 Can you give me an idea , how can I make internal roads on my farm? What’s the cheapest and natural way of doing it so that I don’t disturb the main plantation by constantly walking over it. Thanks in advance❤️