This is a hot take that I can get on board with. I think in order for this to happen we (as a society) will have to come to grips with the real damage device addiction can do to our lives. The harm is easy to find with second hand smoke and alcohol but we do a great job turning a blind eye to all the issues we’re causing for ourselves by being stuck on our devices.

I used this mix from a local seed company here in Nova Scotia. I’m in zone 6 and the space I chose for the wild flowers has direct sun for most of the day. It’s been a very dry spring but I’ve been watering it because I really want it to succeed. I know people say that wildflower meadows are a “mow once a year and leave it alone” kind of thing, but it really seems to take a bit of care and management to get good results.

This year I tilled up some of my lawn and planted a wildflower mix. So far it’s a complete miss…it looks like a pile of weeds with random grasses and clover all over. I have some small flowers starting now so things might turn around but I’m a little disappointed with it. The random parts of my yard that I neglect to mow tend to have more flowers and look nicer.

I mostly stick to vegetables and fruit, gardening is my hobby but it’s great to get better tasting produce than I can buy and I can plant unique varieties to experiment with. Home grown garlic and tomatoes are in another dimension compared to grocery store vegetables.