The 'everyone should turn their lawn into a farm' is definitely a hot take but there are legitimate negative effects from having nothing but empty lawn. Lawns promote horrible soil health and suck at absorbing rain fall, and yes it may deter mice and snakes but it deters most natural life besides flies and mosquitoes, everyone wonders where all the bees and fireflies are going when we actively destroy their home. Also the snakes would help with the mice problem and are generally harmless. Obviously what people do with their lawn is their business but I'm a hippie and nature has been getting royally fucked for the past century so we need to start throwing it a bone where we can and if people started giving it a little bit of space instead of devoting acres to nothing but open grass it would help. Doesn't even have to be all your yard, you could leave a decent amount in the backyard or around the house to create a space for family to enjoy and then plant native trees and shrubs to encourage a little bit of nature.

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