Nature and Gardening

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All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it's animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.

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Has anyone here attempted a clover lawn? (beehaw.org)

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I've heard they're better for pollinators, are more drought resistant, and are easier to maintain.

It's hard to see a downside.

Has anyone here made the change? How'd it go?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I ripped out all grass in my smallish yard & filled the area with native plants, shrubs & a ground cover plant thing that should help suppress weeds in a few years. Used a lot of mulch to help keep retain water & also assist with weed suppression.

The benefit of using native plants in my country is that they’re usually drought tolerant & adapted to the harsh conditions that we can experience at times.

It was a lot of work & a bit expensive but I see less introduced birds in my yard now & more native birds. More native & introduced bees too. I’ve noticed that introduced bees target the larger flowers. Native bees are smaller, they seem to target smaller if there’s too much competition for introduced bees on the larger flowers.

The best part, I don’t have to mow anymore.