Frick. I moved into a house from being in apartments for many years and I have to say, lawn and Garden work, suuuuucccckkksss.
I hate it. I have too much to do to deal with your… Growth.
Can I replace my lawn with an emo lawn so it cuts itself?
Depending on your local regulatory environment, you can replace your grass lawn with a clover lawn which has the following benefits:
- clover is more drought tolerant than grass and does not need to be mowed
- fixes nitrogen for the soil like legumes
- supports local pollinators and provides habitat for other ground level insects
A clover lawn however does still require maintenance and It is not a catch-all solution to a no effort lawn. You will have other weeds growing that will get very tall very fast as they aren’t competing with anything and you do still need to water a clover lawn or you will end up with more tall weeds.
Other than that, slay.
My current grass is patchy, I’m certain there’s little or no nitrogen. I’ve been meaning to pick up a small bag of clover seeds and at least augment my lawn with them to make it a bit more green at least.
I’m fortunate that I was able to get a battery electric mower for my home shortly after moving in. So there’s no inconvenient gas fetching and mixing, just a pair of bigass fuck off batteries that live on the charger between mows.
The real problem is that we have a garden in the back that I want to set up as a vegetable garden and I just haven’t had time to do the work and it’s currently over run with weeds. I’ll get to it eventually. I’m planning on killing everything currently in the garden with some kind of weed killer, not sure what yet exactly, but I’ve seen some places recommend a soap/brine mix that seems effective. Then cover it with that black landscaping/gardening fabric so shit doesn’t grow for a while, if that’s successful, build raised beds and fill them with fresh, untainted soil and grow veggies there… It’s going to be a project and I have no idea how I’m going to find time or money to do it, but the way things are going, I can’t afford not to do it.
Anyways. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. I guess?
Yes you put a specific amount clowers around and they make the grass grow slower.
Moss has started to grow in my yard and I love it. It’s green and furry and doesn’t grow tall
Plant Clover.
Rarely needs to be mowed. Or seeded. Or anything else. Looks great. Provides a lot of cover for a lot of insect life. It is just superior to grass.
Except it’s not, for anyone who has dogs or actually uses their lawn it’s extremely fragile, and will create a mud pit in any climate that has wet winters.
Small price to pay for never having to maintain grass. No mowing, edging, fertilizing, etc.
My parents just mow the lawn every now and then and remove thorny plants when they find them. The garden is just wild flowers and weeds. Then they dig a little pond. Since then they have lots of bees and other insects, but no wasps. It’s nice and requires no maintenance whatsoever. If a plant dies, it dies. If it takes over, it takes over. In spring until summer their whole garden is full of daisys. A white garden. The dog loves it and ears the heads off then when he’s chilling.
This is exactly what I’ve been trying to do in my yard, but my damn mono-lawn neighbor keeps “maintaining” my yard for me… might be time for a fence.
You know what you don’t need to do all that work for? Native plants. Hell, even cover is better than a grass lawn.
