re: honest question…why do so many of you soak your yard with chemicals?

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it’s just very foreign. We’d have to learn a whole new way of doing things. Start entirely new lawns?

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It is foreign, and the idea of a modern lawn is engrained in most of us now.

Starting a new lawn isn't feasible for many. Decreasing the size of that lawn and the mowing required, though, is. Think of what habitat is lost with every development that goes up. Vast tracts of habitat are being converted and the ecosystems within them suffer because of it. Stopping that isn't realistic nor feasible. What is realistic is making decisions to put back some of that habitat where we can. It is as simple as selecting native flowers for a new or existing bed over the widely available imports.

And as to any individual's lawn being the downfall of it all, that's going overboard, too. Rather, it is the cumulative effect that has the greatest impact. It is your lawn, your neighbor's lawn, every lawn in the neighborhood, every neighborhood in your town, every town in your city, every city in your state. It cascades and it builds. So, every decision away from that approach can add up just the same. At least that's the goal.

I'm not singling you out, just using "You" as a general term.