been living in this spot for about 5 years now. previous owner had a whole lot of time, money, and tons of passion to keep the lawn and landscaping pristine. Unfortunately, I just don't have that kind of time, energy, or money to maintain any of it.
So I've decided instead to invest in native wildflowers and microclover and let them take over the property in due time. just started this change of course about 7 months ago. plucked hundreds of dandelions with a weed puller (unfortunately that was in vain) layed down microclover and native wildflower seeds, and now I wait.
The Goldenrod here actually colonized on its own alongside some Evening Primrose, Boneset, New England Asters, and Horseweed.
i added the seeds for (the microclover) plus Frost/New England Aster, Beebalm, Purple Coneflower, milkweed, royal catchfly, blanketflower, and lupines.
so far, i have the microclover growing in alongside some extremely persistent dandelions and the frost aster has very aggressively grown and bloomed despite being planted only a few months ago. next summer will be very interesting and I'm excited to see what nature has in store for me.
hopefully the clover will grow dense enough to outcompete and snuff out the persistent dandelions (but i doubt it'll be that easy) and the new England asters pop up with their pretty purples and blues come spring!
by ArcNzym3
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