Hello! My wife and I moved into out first house and are wondering wtf to do with this yard. My father in law paid for the first months of grass cutting, but the guy left all the trimmings on top and my yard is dead currently (we had huge patches of grass all around the yard, guessing it got smothered but I’m not sure). I am finally buying a sprinkler and have a decent mower and weed eater.
In the case where my grass doesnt grow back, could I just plant clover or another groundcover and be fine? I have been wanting to do a more natural clover/groundcover lawn, but scared too if the mowing cycles are off.
Dang need to keep an eye out then. My dog is 15 pounds and loves her outside time.
I don’t have any personal experience with clover, but I would bet it has better traffic tolerance than wild violet.
When I was looking into alternatives to grass, I was considering micro-clover, but in the end I settled on good old grass.
When taken care of correctly, I could get away with mowing about once a week on average. This was with no watering and minimal fertilizing. And I still had people stop on the sidewalk to complement it.