We were very careful not to build in a deed-restricted neighborhood and our HOA expired years ago. I was telling the butterfly thread how I walked up and down the street today to check out the neighbors. I was also looking for some Frogfruit to feed my Phaon Crescent caterpillars. I had plenty by the road and my neighbor had agreed not to mow and was like, "Let the county do it!" So naturally, three days later, the county came and mowed it down. We haven't seen the county mow the road in years! I guess the property tax revenues are back up.
And as I was walking past all the boring lawns, I saw one that had a little sign where a company had applied pesticide and it was advising you not to walk on it. I thought that was sad.
I live on the corner, but down at the other end in the cul-de-sac we have a professor of Botany at USF. And her yard is crazy and full of natives. Some of the other neighbors gossip about her and her "weeds" but I love her yard. Except today when I walked by, two Zebra Longwings were on her firebush and I yelled, "Hey, get back in my yard on my firebush!"
At least the butterflies (and other pollinators) have two friendly yards on the street.
