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my small yard is 80% clover. My son has a beaten pathway through the part he uses, and I just fucking weed wack the whole yard. Its small, and I do it in parts based on need. I leave it higher than everyone else, and I LOVE IT.
I did step on a bee the other day though, felt pretty bad about it, I wasnt looking where I was going. My neighbor likes to mow my yard so I rushed to block off my section so he couldnt cross into my yard as soon as I heard his stupid mower start.
The red line is the devide. Their brown dust, and my lush green.
The only difference is I leave mine higher and dont mow, they mow every two weeks as low as the blades can go.
bonus bun in the garden bed:
Thanks for the shares!
I do recall the clover lawn looking a bit patchy like yours, with some grass and whatever else mixing amongst the clover. I suppose that was partly what annoyed the later caretaker, as there's something of a tradition in American suburbia (or suburban hell) to have flat, featureless, green lawns, something which might go back to traditional 'English turf,' I suppose.
I don't understand folks who would be annoyed with this type of thing. It's like art right in my yard when the wind blows.
uniforimity is SO boring
english turf, fuckin vomit lol
Step by step we've re-engineered the world in to forms that are 'safe' and 'comfortable,' and along the way forgotten who we essentially are... altho that's a long story. :S
Nice, similar story (my partner also just stepped on a bee in our clover yard). We've been less intentional, we just don't treat the yard at all and the clover has been taking over for the past 5 years. Pollinators are so happy and so is my garden.
you know youve crossed into the land of no return when youre apolgizing to a bee while your toes swell up