This is my yard:
Not too much to speak of, really. I had just mowed the lawn in these pictures, but there is a distinct difference in them and I think it is worth talking about. The top picture is me standing on my feet looking down at the grass and shrubs and out onto the field of grass.
This picture is different:
I'm in essentially the same spot I was standing, but here I'm laying down and seeing the world from the same angle my grass sees it. Why? Mostly because I've lost my mind and am into making my neighbors think I'm a weirdo. Which is totally true, but also beside the point of the real reason I got down in my lawn.
I want to see the sky. I want to see what the insects and dirt "see". I want to feel what the grass beneath my work boots is like on my skin. There is a lot more sky in this picture than the first. I love that! This seems much more open that the previous image as well. I don't feel closed in. I also get to notice the look of the grass from a closer vantage. It looks pretty decent except I'm noticing some dead tips to my grass blades. This is probably because I need to sharpen my mower blades. I can see some decaying grass in there which is good. It means I'm putting nutrients back into the soil where they need to be. I don't want them coming out of my lawn and going into a plastic bag on my curb then ultimately into a landfill. I need that N-P-K back in my soil.
One thing I did not notice was a lot of insect life. This sort of made me sad since I was hoping to find a little biodiversity at this level. To be fair, I did not look overly long for insect life, so I'm sure it's there, but just not in this sampling period. I'll have to work on that in the future. The other thing I noticed was the real firmness of the soil. I tried to dig into it with my finger but was thwarted. That stuff was as hard as a rock. That's not the best situation to have, honestly. I'll put that on my list of things to work on.
What about you? When was the last time you looked at your yard or lawn from this angle? Let me know in the comments and next time we'll discuss more about where I'm going with all of this.
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