You have a lot of answers to go through so there’s just one thing I will focus on: bees and clover.
Where I grew up, nearly every space with grass - so backyards, parks, etc - had at least some amount of clover in it. And more importantly, there were honeybees all over that clover. I distinctly remember as a kid being more afraid of honeybees than most kids. And walking through a field of grass with clover scared me because I knew there would be honeybees all over.
Nowadays, I don’t know if there’s less clover but there are so much less honeybees around. More often than not when I see clover I don’t see bees on it, and that’s very different from when I was a kid.
Clover seed is cheap and you can sow it wherever you go. You can’t tell it’s there until it’s already growing and it would be a pain to seperate it out.
I’ve been overseeding my lawn with it to let it take over. It’s going great.
No, you can overseed spring, fall, and winter. I have clover sprouting all over from spring seeding. Fall and winter let them work into the soil and germinate more.
Clover is more drought-resistant than standard lawn grass. I wouldn’t be surprised if it could get a foothold during drier summer months, but I’m no expert so I could easily be wrong
You have a lot of answers to go through so there’s just one thing I will focus on: bees and clover.
Where I grew up, nearly every space with grass - so backyards, parks, etc - had at least some amount of clover in it. And more importantly, there were honeybees all over that clover. I distinctly remember as a kid being more afraid of honeybees than most kids. And walking through a field of grass with clover scared me because I knew there would be honeybees all over.
Nowadays, I don’t know if there’s less clover but there are so much less honeybees around. More often than not when I see clover I don’t see bees on it, and that’s very different from when I was a kid.
I think you mean wild bees, since honeybees are fairly rare apart from beekeepers.
But otherwise I agree. We’re so much more obsessed with lawns of monoculture grass nowadays it’s ridiculous. Fuck Monsanto.
Clover seed is cheap and you can sow it wherever you go. You can’t tell it’s there until it’s already growing and it would be a pain to seperate it out.
I’ve been overseeding my lawn with it to let it take over. It’s going great.
So you don’t have to take the grass out first? I have clover seed but thought I had to dig up the lawn.
No, you can overseed spring, fall, and winter. I have clover sprouting all over from spring seeding. Fall and winter let them work into the soil and germinate more.
Excellent, thanks! I’ll be sowing those seeds in autumn.
Clover is more drought-resistant than standard lawn grass. I wouldn’t be surprised if it could get a foothold during drier summer months, but I’m no expert so I could easily be wrong
It does.
Yes, thank you, I meant wild bees.