its when you kinda half ass it and make a bunch of bumble bees very happy by doing so, unfortunately america hates bees and biodiversity so they outlawed clover lawns in nearly every hoa despite it being the 1950s ideal lawn and requires basically no water or fertilizer to look great

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just give it a go!

We're doing it very lazily, just throwing down clover on top of the grass, maybe scratching it up a little with a rake. We do nothing to care for the grass, so hopefully one day it will die off and the clover will take over. The clover is slowly becoming more of the lawn over the last few years.

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I may try that. It would be great to not need to mow. I mow as little as possible now because bugs and animals seem to appreciate it.

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure this is what you are implying but I figure j should be explicit anyways: we do still mow. Maybe we won't have to if/when the clover takes over but we still have grass so we mow to limit tick habitat and to help the septic field evaporate water in addition to draining into the soil.

One day the only part of the property that will have grass/clover is the area of the septic field 🤞although it's not impossible the town will have us on city water/sewer before we get there.