Was skeptical about leaving native weeds in my yard... now I get it

I used to pull every dandelion and clover thinking they ruined the lawn. Then I left a patch of goldenrod alone last summer and counted 14 different butterfly species on it in one afternoon. Has anyone else changed their mind about so-called weeds?

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the_miles1mo ago

Dandelions and clover" man that hit for me. I used to nuke those things with weed killer every spring. Then I stopped mowing a whole corner of my yard last year and let the self-heal and yarrow take over. I saw more bees and small native bees in that ten foot patch than I did in the whole rest of the yard combined. It was like I flipped a switch and the bugs just came back.

jason3281mo ago

Had a whole patch of wild violets pop up and my neighbor offered to "help" me get rid of them.

roberts.aaron1mo ago

Start noticing the same pattern everywhere once you do. Humans love controlling nature until they realize nature does a better job running itself.