I do this - I mow half and have given the rest to native plants. Benefits: - My lawn is prettier (native wildflowers are really nice) - Deeper roots around m

I do this - I mow half and have given the rest to native plants. Benefits: - My lawn is prettier (native wildflowers are really nice) - Deeper roots around my house has slowed/stopped the basement water that the previous owners had to deal with - Biodiversity is nice, we get lots of animals that neighbors don’t get Things I thought would be problems that aren’t: - Kids don’t have as much space to run in the yard. We go to the park more and there are other kids there, so on the whole they’ve made more friends than if they just stayed in our yard. - Biodiversity increases the number of critters trying to get into the house. The native plants are more attractive to the ecosystem than my house is, and now there’s enough predators of the bugs in the garden that there are less bugs to try and get into the house. Problems: - I have to clear brush 1x/2x a year to remove flammable material