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I consider clover to be a weed and go to great lengths to eradicate it. People underestimate how many people just want lawns of perfect, green, undifferentiated grass.
What a waste of time, energy, and resources to maintain something so unnatural. Truly a testament to man's hubris against nature.
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Not OP, but here was my yard a few years ago. I never planted any, it just spread itself I guess. Very beautiful and attracted bumble bees and rabbits. Apologies for the quality, cheap Android cam 4 years ago, zoomed in at that. https://ibb.co/nsB7fFT
When I see a picture like this, I wonder what everyone else is doing. This picture would be the result of extreme lawn care at my house... I normally don't cut the grass until it's long enough that I can pick the flowers there and bring them inside (monthly?)
Though it's really just the grass and dandelions that grow tall. If I had my way, I'd kill all the grass and just throw out wild violets and clover. So much prettier, and requires way less maintenance.
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When I see a picture like this, I wonder what everyone else is doing. This picture would be the result of extreme lawn care at my house... I normally don't cut the grass until it's long enough that I can pick the flowers there and bring them inside (monthly?)
Bunnies can keep the grass quite short.
My real goal is to provide a maximally inhospitable environment for cockroaches of all sizes.
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What clover? Would love to do this even though clover is really expensive. I planted some last year but it only half kinda took.
America, the place where one of the cheapest team sports on the planet (real football) is too expensive to be played by poor people and one of the most abundant weeds in temperate climates is too expensive...
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When I see a picture like this, I wonder what everyone else is doing. This picture would be the result of extreme lawn care at my house... I normally don't cut the grass until it's long enough that I can pick the flowers there and bring them inside (monthly?)
Bunnies can keep the grass quite short.
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Often times it is required by law or HOA. For example the FL fire code has a mandate that buildings be set back from the road a certain (insane) distance, ostensibly for fire safety reasons, and then people don’t really want to see huge dirt fields everywhere, so the HOAs require lawns.
"Huge dirt field" is not the only alternative to lawn. I would NEVER live somewhere where some busy-body group of Karens can tell me what I can, can't or must plant on my own property.
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Mosquitos? They require stagnant water. Do people in power worry that rubbish in the lawn will harbour water? (I do not have mosquitos where I live)
In mosquito environments limiting lawn height definitely helps.
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"Huge dirt field" is not the only alternative to lawn. I would NEVER live somewhere where some busy-body group of Karens can tell me what I can, can't or must plant on my own property.
A lot of people would never live somewhere lacking greenery.
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Do you have a picture of what it looks like in full display? I have been thinking of trying clover on mine.
Not OP, but here was my yard a few years ago. I never planted any, it just spread itself I guess. Very beautiful and attracted bumble bees and rabbits. Apologies for the quality, cheap Android cam 4 years ago, zoomed in at that. https://ibb.co/nsB7fFT
