I believe in organic gardening, partially because I like to “go green” but mainly because I am lazy. If it grows on my lawn, I mow it. If I keep it mown, it looks great. If I do let it go too long, you can see that it’s not all grass.
The soil on my property ranges from decent enough to poor. I could spend a lot of money and effort to put down a lot of chemicals and water to try to sustain grass or I could let nature take its course and whatever evolved to live in that poor soil gets to grow there and I mow it.
I will use chemicals if I absolutely have to and as a last resort. I live next to a small lake that drains into our city’s water supply. Whatever I put on my lawn, I wind up drinking two weeks later.
Clover seems to be taking over a patch of my lawn once dominated by moss and even a few bare spots in the clay. Other flowering plants (which I did NOT plant) also pop up. It seems that my lawn is evolving as various plants break up the soil and some, like the clover, fix nitrogen into it.
The bees like the clover and flowers and so do the hummingbirds.
I suggest that if you have hummingbirds in your area, get some flowers or plant clover or go the boring route – buy a feeder.
I believe in organic gardening, partially because I like to “go green” but mainly because I am lazy. If it grows on my lawn, I mow it. If I keep it mown, it looks great. If I do let it go too long, you can see that it’s not all grass.
The soil on my property ranges from decent enough to poor. I could spend a lot of money and effort to put down a lot of chemicals and water to try to sustain grass or I could let nature take its course and whatever evolved to live in that poor soil gets to grow there and I mow it.
I will use chemicals if I absolutely have to and as a last resort. I live next to a small lake that drains into our city’s water supply. Whatever I put on my lawn, I wind up drinking two weeks later.
Clover seems to be taking over a patch of my lawn once dominated by moss and even a few bare spots in the clay. Other flowering plants (which I did NOT plant) also pop up. It seems that my lawn is evolving as various plants break up the soil and some, like the clover, fix nitrogen into it.
The bees like the clover and flowers and so do the hummingbirds.
I suggest that if you have hummingbirds in your area, get some flowers or plant clover or go the boring route – buy a feeder.