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Do you have a picture of what it looks like in full display? I have been thinking of trying clover on mine.
by maguirre 5y ago
Do you have a picture of what it looks like in full display? I have been thinking of trying clover on mine.
- silisili 5y agoNot OP, but here was my yard a few years ago. I never planted any, it just spread itself I guess. Very beautiful and attracted bumble bees and rabbits. Apologies for the quality, cheap Android cam 4 years ago, zoomed in at that. https://ibb.co/nsB7fFT https://ibb.co/nsB7fFT
- QuarterReptile 5y agoWhen I see a picture like this, I wonder what everyone else is doing. This picture would be the result of extreme lawn care at my house... I normally don't cut the grass until it's long enough that I can pick the flowers there and bring them inside (monthly?)
- chris_va 5y agoBunnies can keep the grass quite short.
- QuarterReptile 5y agoWe have very few rabbits around me. I've heard it's because the nearby golf course provides space for foxes. Otherwise I imagine they'd struggle with all the backyard fences. My real goal is to provide a maximally inhospitable environment for cockroaches of all sizes.
- kansface 5y agoRabbits don’t mow the lawn, they chew holes into it.
- tharkun__ 5y agoI move the guinea pig run across our lawn. Once they've cut it down "enough" I move it, so that it overlaps slightly. The wild bunnies do help. It's funny when they look at each other. Cavies inside the run, bunny outside, all of them chewing.
- tlavoie 5y agoWith chickens inside, this would be called a "chicken tractor." We have chickens, but they free-range for the most part, until they're locked out of the garden. They don't chew the grass, but do eat lots of other things. (And some plants, hence being locked out the garden for summer.)
- silisili 5y agoIn that particular city, monthly wouldn't fly. The grass would be nearly 8 inches to a foot tall, which means mice, snakes, mosquitoes, ticks, you name it. Though it's really just the grass and dandelions that grow tall. If I had my way, I'd kill all the grass and just throw out wild violets and clover. So much prettier, and requires way less maintenance.
- dbrgn 5y agoI don't have any clover here, but lots of flowers. We usually wait with the first cut in spring until the flowers are mostly gone. They displace grass unfortunately, but look very nice, and insects love them. https://i.imgur.com/sbqhEYt.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/sbqhEYt.jpeg
- silisili 5y agoThat is really nice, thanks for sharing. Currently in the process of finding a house, and specifically avoiding HOAs. They'd never let something like this fly, which IMO should be illegal(not your yard, rules banning something like your yard).
- dbrgn 5y agoI rent, but the homeowner doesn't care. We're three parties in the house, one neighbour doesn't care either, and the other neighbour's wife is sad if we cut the flowers :)
- spikej 5y agoWow! Do you happen to know what flowers you've got planted there? I would love to do similar. So far I've been doing lots of clover and putting in crocus bulbs randomly.
- dbrgn 5y agoI didn't plant them, they grow like crazy and destroy the grass :D I don't know what they're called, but I could try one of those plant identification apps. Check back in a few days, I'll try to post a comment if I find out more.
- dbrgn 5y agoAh, I think they're of the genus Primula ("Primeln" in German).
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- D13Fd 5y agoThis looks like a completely normal yard everywhere I’ve lived in the northeast U.S.