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A gardeners role in ecology.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have a patch of wild marjoram that REALLY gets on my nerves this time of year. I'm leaving it for the bees and butterflies. Am I taking ecology too far?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    bédé said:
    Dove, Now who's the one with the closed mind. 

    You might be lost.


    You misunderstand me … the way you phrased the proposition makes no sense. You might just as well say ‘geography can be taken too far’ … or botany. 
    To make sense the noun ‘ecology’ needs a verb. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    "Take" is a verb.  Suggest another.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Great answer, Loxley.  

    I once read of someone who grew a pot of nettles “for the butterflies”. Given that butterflies have a foraging area of about 1 km, the addition of a single pot of nettles to what is already in the neighbourhood is totally negligible.
    Rutland, England
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited August 2021
    bédé said:
    "Take" is a verb.  Suggest another.
    now you're just being silly.
    Why don't YOU give us an example of when YOU think ecology has been taken too far? 
    Might that be a better starting point to the discussion?
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited August 2021
    ecology
    [ēˈkäləjē]
    NOUN
    1. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
    I know what the word 'ecology' means to me but you need to explain what it means to you 

    PS. I'm talking about a word definition rather than philosophy.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    B3:  2.  • (Ecology) the political movement concerned with protection of the environment.

    I think currently the meaning is changing rapidly.

    Isn't it better that we each use the meaning we have ourselves?   Even if they are a little different?   D'yerknowwarramean?
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    bédé said:
     D'yerknowwarramean?
    What would be an example of it 'going too far'?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    bédé said:
    B3:  2.  • (Ecology) the political movement concerned with protection of the environment.

    I think currently the meaning is changing rapidly.

    Isn't it better that we each use the meaning we have ourselves?   Even if they are a little different?   D'yerknowwarramean?
    if it means something different to everyone, then how can it be "taken too far"?
    If we all set different parameters, what IS "too far"? and who decides?
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    How would that work? We'd all be talking about different things😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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