{"id":249,"date":"2020-01-25T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T17:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/?p=249"},"modified":"2024-06-09T19:18:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T19:18:17","slug":"the-thinking-behind-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/2020\/01\/25\/the-thinking-behind-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The thinking behind it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-226a083433014ed555b2d8aa8681a2a9 wp-block-paragraph\">#InMyYard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28304f9ef79c3321088aa92ff788ecd4 wp-block-paragraph\">So why spend all that time and money in back-breaking landscaping? (I argue it\u2019s well beyond \u201cgardening\u201d.) The answer is easy: back yard wildlife. We have three criteria for plants in the yard: Does it support native birds, bees and wildlife; Is it drought-tolerant; Is it native because that reduces the need for fertilizers and pesticides. We have some non-natives in the yard and we have some plants that might be considered \u201cinvasive\u201d but these are in \u201ccontained\u201d areas to make aggressive expansion difficult or impossible. Tomorrow, we\u2019ll look at results\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#InMyYard So why spend all that time and money in back-breaking landscaping? (I argue it\u2019s well beyond \u201cgardening\u201d.) The answer is easy: back yard wildlife. We have three criteria for plants in the yard: Does it support native birds, bees and wildlife; Is it drought-tolerant; Is it native because that reduces the need for fertilizers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The thinking behind it - Honey Rand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/2020\/01\/25\/the-thinking-behind-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The thinking behind it - Honey Rand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"#InMyYard So why spend all that time and money in back-breaking landscaping? 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