For the past couple of years we've been trying discourage grass on our 1/3 of an acre and after some mistakes (re: buying a clover mix with 36" varietals); I'm seeing good progress. Most of the yard has plenty of clover after spreading 50#'s of white dutch in the fall. We also have a lot of henbit that moved into one corner and has spread a lot especially in our expanded garden area that I burned and tilled last fall.
This year we're planning to plant in the garden and use weed barrier for our produce, but come fall I'll be burning and tilling again and I plan to spread another 50#'s of clover aftr aeration and dethatching. Will be looking into a fall wildflower mix as well to make the yard more attractive to pollinators and a spring mix next year.
by RainbowsCrash
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In a 7B region of middle Tennessee. Photos are of various portions of our yard and my progress at minimizing grass needing mowing.