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Didier Hope's avatar

Your observations remind me of how easily we can overlook the edges where chaos thrives. Sometimes, it’s at these fringes where life’s most compelling stories unfold. Maybe there’s a certain wildness that refuses to be tamed, challenging our sense of order. Your commitment to these untamed spaces could be a subtle act of defiance against the encroaching uniformity. Keep wielding that chainsaw like a brushstroke against monotony.

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Seth M Blitzer, dmd's avatar

On a small piece of land, the margins are exactly where I have given back to the wild. It does require a walk through now and then to see that a limb or such has fallen, and I am so appreciative for the wildlife that has returned..

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J.E. Fishman's avatar

Great, Seth! But leave the fallen branches to return to the soil, feed arthropods and help give critters places to hide.

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Seth M Blitzer, dmd's avatar

A bit more than half our property has been returned to nature. More to come!

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J.E. Fishman's avatar

Nice!

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Seth M Blitzer, dmd's avatar

I do leave them but I move them off the path. One of my neighbors emailed an article to me about leaving a portion of land untouched and commented that I was ahead of my time. I told her about being a backyard steward!

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J.E. Fishman's avatar

Love it!

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Paul Hormick's avatar

Sorry to hear about the woodpecker.

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