So you’ve torn out your lawn and created a native plant garden to conserve water and restore habitat for struggling birds and insects. But summer is approaching, many of your beautiful plants are starting to shrivel and your neighbors are giving you the stink-eye.
Welcome to summer in your new native garden, where maintenance is more about mindfulness and patience than gas-powered mowers and whackers.
The good news: You no longer have to carve out time every week to mow your lawn (or pay someone to do it).
The bad news: You still have to weed.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.