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I planted a normal grass backyard when I bought this house a few years ago, but since the local clover has just dominated. At first I found it annoying as I cou
by dawnerd 7y ago
I planted a normal grass backyard when I bought this house a few years ago, but since the local clover has just dominated. At first I found it annoying as I couldn't mow it down without bees getting aggressive, but now I just leave it until it starts to get too high. The bees absolutely love it, there's got to be several dozen at any time. Great thing too is once I do chop it back down it re-flowers very quickly.
Since then I've put in a mason bee shelter, and planted more butterfly friendly plants.
- sokoloff 7y agoWhen clover out-competes a regionally appropriate grass, it's usually a strong indication that the soil was low in available nitrogen.
- dawnerd 7y agoWhich makes sense. The homebuilders never replaced any of the soil and just left it as clay. I didn't really put down much before planting anything but it seems that the soil quality is getting better. The wild berries love it at least.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoplant fruit trees.. they do well in clay as they hold water. and the pollinators will take care of the pollination.