• masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Fireflies were spectacular this year.

    In the front yard I let the wind take whatever leaves it takes. In the back I rake a path to the gates. Those leaves get put in a large open bin along my fence which makes nice soil in a year of so. Everything else is as nature intended.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I’m hoping I can stem the collapse. I saw three fireflies this past summer. Which is a 3x improvement over the summer before that.

      But coming from a place where I could walk through the woods on a dark night just by the light of fireflies it hurts my soul to be somewhere so sterile.

      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        We don’t get fireflies where I am, and one of my brothers took his kids on a trip to the Statesian South, his motivation being so they could see fireflies before they go extinct. I kind of wish I’d tagged along.