Not really a total scam depending on your perspective but lawn additives. I’m not sure what the term is. Basically when they come out fertilizer out. I say not totally because some people really do want a super green, super short, and (in my opinion) super ugly lawn. I replaced my front lawn with clover and the bees love it. It was green literally until Christmas last year (2022) when we had the big frost (southeast US). Like, okay, it’s a little less green or whatever, but wow it was green that late in the season and everyone else’s was brown.
Our front lawn has a significant amount of clover. The bees absolutely love it. Issues arise when the kids want to play, as the bees are so abundant.
It’s great to set up the cornhole boards, play some soccer, or throw a baseball or frisbee around out there, as neighbors are always walking past on the street, and they’ll stop by to chat when they see us.
Now, bees, bees everywhere! It’s difficult to enjoy the space for recreation, although it’s great for the pollinators.
We’re probably going to plant a bunch of fruit trees in that area, which will help with the feeling that the front is more for decoration than function. Still, clover can be kind of a bummer at times.
Some context, I live on a third acre lot and my front lawn is maybe slightly less than half of my total lawn. I have no children, but I do have a dog. The back yard is fenced in and has whatever grass the previous folks had (I can’t tell), some miniclover, and some Bermuda I put down. M
Supposedly miniclover has less flowers but I think I accidentally put down white clover instead lmao. Regardless it is nice. My dog chomps at bees so I try to have less back there.
I thought it would be cute to put a mix of white and red in the front. (Not to be confused with crimson.) The red was annoying last year and now it is really annoying. I’m not a super no-lawn fanatic, I want something “lawn like” but don’t need to use it (like you said with your kids). Even still, it gets really tall, folds over, and then keeps growing. It is still flimsy but it is sort of nearing the consistency of a rose bush if that makes sense. And worse, now when I mow it it leaves a mess of vine like stuff all over. I regret putting the red clover out. White has been great though, no complaints.
My game plan is to just mow some what often (close to the cadence you might with a normal lawn) and also to overseed with white clover. My hope is that the white will flower first and the red won’t grow enough to flower. We’ll see though 💀
Not really a total scam depending on your perspective but lawn additives. I’m not sure what the term is. Basically when they come out fertilizer out. I say not totally because some people really do want a super green, super short, and (in my opinion) super ugly lawn. I replaced my front lawn with clover and the bees love it. It was green literally until Christmas last year (2022) when we had the big frost (southeast US). Like, okay, it’s a little less green or whatever, but wow it was green that late in the season and everyone else’s was brown.
Our front lawn has a significant amount of clover. The bees absolutely love it. Issues arise when the kids want to play, as the bees are so abundant.
It’s great to set up the cornhole boards, play some soccer, or throw a baseball or frisbee around out there, as neighbors are always walking past on the street, and they’ll stop by to chat when they see us.
Now, bees, bees everywhere! It’s difficult to enjoy the space for recreation, although it’s great for the pollinators.
We’re probably going to plant a bunch of fruit trees in that area, which will help with the feeling that the front is more for decoration than function. Still, clover can be kind of a bummer at times.
Some context, I live on a third acre lot and my front lawn is maybe slightly less than half of my total lawn. I have no children, but I do have a dog. The back yard is fenced in and has whatever grass the previous folks had (I can’t tell), some miniclover, and some Bermuda I put down. M Supposedly miniclover has less flowers but I think I accidentally put down white clover instead lmao. Regardless it is nice. My dog chomps at bees so I try to have less back there.
I thought it would be cute to put a mix of white and red in the front. (Not to be confused with crimson.) The red was annoying last year and now it is really annoying. I’m not a super no-lawn fanatic, I want something “lawn like” but don’t need to use it (like you said with your kids). Even still, it gets really tall, folds over, and then keeps growing. It is still flimsy but it is sort of nearing the consistency of a rose bush if that makes sense. And worse, now when I mow it it leaves a mess of vine like stuff all over. I regret putting the red clover out. White has been great though, no complaints.
My game plan is to just mow some what often (close to the cadence you might with a normal lawn) and also to overseed with white clover. My hope is that the white will flower first and the red won’t grow enough to flower. We’ll see though 💀