You have a lot of answers to go through so there’s just one thing I will focus on: bees and clover.
Where I grew up, nearly every space with grass - so backyards, parks, etc - had at least some amount of clover in it. And more importantly, there were honeybees all over that clover. I distinctly remember as a kid being more afraid of honeybees than most kids. And walking through a field of grass with clover scared me because I knew there would be honeybees all over.
Nowadays, I don’t know if there’s less clover but there are so much less honeybees around. More often than not when I see clover I don’t see bees on it, and that’s very different from when I was a kid.
Clover seed is cheap and you can sow it wherever you go. You can’t tell it’s there until it’s already growing and it would be a pain to seperate it out.
I’ve been overseeding my lawn with it to let it take over. It’s going great.
Clover is more drought-resistant than standard lawn grass. I wouldn’t be surprised if it could get a foothold during drier summer months, but I’m no expert so I could easily be wrong
No, you can overseed spring, fall, and winter. I have clover sprouting all over from spring seeding. Fall and winter let them work into the soil and germinate more.
You have a lot of answers to go through so there’s just one thing I will focus on: bees and clover.
Where I grew up, nearly every space with grass - so backyards, parks, etc - had at least some amount of clover in it. And more importantly, there were honeybees all over that clover. I distinctly remember as a kid being more afraid of honeybees than most kids. And walking through a field of grass with clover scared me because I knew there would be honeybees all over.
Nowadays, I don’t know if there’s less clover but there are so much less honeybees around. More often than not when I see clover I don’t see bees on it, and that’s very different from when I was a kid.
I think you mean wild bees, since honeybees are fairly rare apart from beekeepers.
But otherwise I agree. We’re so much more obsessed with lawns of monoculture grass nowadays it’s ridiculous. Fuck Monsanto.
Yes, thank you, I meant wild bees.
Clover seed is cheap and you can sow it wherever you go. You can’t tell it’s there until it’s already growing and it would be a pain to seperate it out.
I’ve been overseeding my lawn with it to let it take over. It’s going great.
So you don’t have to take the grass out first? I have clover seed but thought I had to dig up the lawn.
Clover is more drought-resistant than standard lawn grass. I wouldn’t be surprised if it could get a foothold during drier summer months, but I’m no expert so I could easily be wrong
No, you can overseed spring, fall, and winter. I have clover sprouting all over from spring seeding. Fall and winter let them work into the soil and germinate more.