I've just cleared out a garden shed that came with the 25 year old house we recently bought. It was astonishing to see all the half-used bottles of insecticides and herbicides lurking in there. It really wasn't that long ago that killing ALL the bugs and weeds was a "thing" in gardening. We really have come a long way. (I'm also very grateful my local recycling depot could deal with it all responsibly, I had zero idea what to do with it all).
Yes, ideas don't really stick and spread unless they're easy to remember and somehow capable of shifting old habits.. Around my neighbourhood they're mostly stuck in the "no mulch, exposed soil" between plants mentality. A lot of it is age, there's a greater than average number of riterees arond here.
I've just cleared out a garden shed that came with the 25 year old house we recently bought. It was astonishing to see all the half-used bottles of insecticides and herbicides lurking in there. It really wasn't that long ago that killing ALL the bugs and weeds was a "thing" in gardening. We really have come a long way. (I'm also very grateful my local recycling depot could deal with it all responsibly, I had zero idea what to do with it all).
Like the Naturalistic Plant Design movement. After many years start now to become public recognised.
Yes, ideas don't really stick and spread unless they're easy to remember and somehow capable of shifting old habits.. Around my neighbourhood they're mostly stuck in the "no mulch, exposed soil" between plants mentality. A lot of it is age, there's a greater than average number of riterees arond here.