Jacey, I love that image of the finches inching their way up the stalk to bend the dandelion down for easy feeding. :)
After 20+ years I persuaded the Man of the House to leave a little strip of lawn unmowed.
I'm amazed at how little grass remains there, and how many other things thrive there now!
In a drought year, when he stops mowing and the grass stops growing, wildflowers and tree seedlings take off like gangbusters. But the next year, rain comes again, he mows again, and all they mysteries that sprang from the soil go back underground, awaiting their day in the sun.
Cancer wouldn't be so prevalent if the USDA would stop allowing so many preservatives, chemicals, dyes, and garbage ingredients into our food. If we'd stay away from boxes and cans of ready-to-eat and cook from scratch, from our gardens, from foraging... but will billions of us on the planet, mass production is inevitable, and preservatives, and convenience.
#Homesteading looks great (surely those photos are doctored!), but again, BILLIONS of us, and only so many acres for homesteads... who gets to claim the meadow by the creek, the wooded trail by the river... only so many people can have the prized places. Like that animated movie "The Emperor's New Groove."

Incan emperor Kuzco, before his 18th birthday, announces his plan to demolish a nearby village and have a lavish summer home constructed in its place, despite the objections of its leader Pacha.

Pacha and his family love their hilltop (mountain top) home and don't want to hand it off to some spoiled young emperor ...
The Land Grab, the unending story ...