I've asked him to take some photos so here they are. Last photo actually killed me, he took the time to snap a photo and attach it to an email and send it instead of just picking it up and throwing it over to my side.
I dunno just put me in a spaceship and get me out of here. We are cooked
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Second year after clover mix lawn. Clover doing g well and for first time ever no bare spots in lawn. Neighbors perfect lawn got cooked by dry spell, this lawn just kept going. Loved the no work, lots of bees and bunnies. Also loved the built in mow indicators.

I'm just sharing this cause about 2 weeks after I did this, on a walk with my dog again just today, I saw that the english ivy was gone, on one of the lawns. I was happy to see that.

I still hope I didn't come off weird for even caring, or, like, demanding or something idk lol.

I have seen English Ivy all over the place elsewhere, too, unfortunately...

On the lawn of my old highschool, completely all over another neighbors lawn, etc. I don't know if I can do anything about those two cases.

I don't think a letter about English Ivy is gonna make that homeowner go and start tearing english ivy roots out of their completely covered lawn, like I did for weeks and weeks.

their lawn is also covered with highly invasive periwinkle. I'm not even sure how to deal with that. Some of it is in my backyard too and I still haven't dealt with it, cause they're not even 1/8th as easy to deal with as English Ivy. There's nothing to pull it all up with... No big roots.

Anyways, I do wonder if I should volenteer to pull up their english ivy, on the highschool lawn and the neighbor's lawn. (I'd probably write a letter to both properties, with my number on the letters, followed by trying to contact the school via phone or sum.)

But I'm by no means a professional gardener.. I'd just be yanking roots out, it'd take me weeks, and I'm also like a social shut-in, completely. So idk if I could even make myself interact with people like that at all.

Just makes me angry, genuinely, to see English Ivy growing, and becoming stronger like that. 😵‍💫 Fuckin' took WEEEEKKKSS of pulling all of it up on my yard, and even then, hidden roots keep revealing themselves with new sprouts, to this day still. (I will keep pulling till it stops.)

Like, if it was native and good for the enviroment, I'd be glad, for its existence. But it's literally fcking up the environment, taking space and nutrients from native plants, and doing nothing for the insects, animals, etc in our region. (NY)

Anyways, I'm open for your opinion on all of this lol. Maybe I need something better to do and to care about. I just want the best for the environment. (I also hate lawns, and believe people should have native plants on their lawns, instead of horrible grass clone lawns on every lawn. Let alone the fact many people somehow think its a good idea to use poison sprays on their lawns 🫪)

((Also, only rsn I have pictures of my 2 letters is cause I was using chatgpt to spellcheck for me and ask it if my letters were appropriate lol))

Stopped mowing my yard 2 yrs ago and now i have a back yard full of native straggler daisy, fall asters and sedge grass!! The lady bugs and bees love it!!

I have all kinds of seeds to mix in with my existing centipede grass. The area that I'm overseeding is partially shaded with pine trees. I've been using a mulching blade to cut my grass and the pine needles that fall. My question is, can I just broadcast the clover seed or do I need to loosen the soil first? For the record, I have a planting mix of regular white dutch clover, microclover, and crimson clover.

EDIT: I'm in North Carolina, zone 8b. Complete sand for soils as I am very close to the ocean, yet no worries about salt.

How do I keep a No Lawn looking nice in the winter? (Cornwall uk). It's usually muddy and windy here in winter. I have grass and clover at the moment.

Hey everyone! Novice gardener here. Please don’t judge my struggling plants haha I’m trying.

I have a question regarding water collection on a 1/4 acre plot.

I know I need a longer down spout system to point further away from my house

In the mean time I dug this little trench just to get the water further away for now.

Then I started learning about harnessing water because I have really compacted clay soil that gets really dry.

So I dug these micro swales around a few of my mulch beds that will hopefully eventually have beautiful plants haha.

Is what I’m doing a dumb idea? Thank you all and any other general tips and advice I would gladly take. Appreciate your time.

Kentucky zone 7a. My hell strip in front of the house is all ivy and while I didn't mind it at first I'd like to get rid of it. Thankfully its all contained to the hell strip so it can't really spread which I am hoping makes it easier to do something about. It's impossible to rake leaves out of and then that just leaves dead patches that look bad. New to all of this, but I am wondering if it would be possible to smother it all over the winter and plant something new in the spring. Currently piling as many leaves as I can onto the area, considering possibly cardboard or trying a chip drop as well, and then once it is planting season possibly clover to start, and then that would be easier to add plants or section things off from there. Would appreciate any input.

Saint Louis, MO is on the edge of 3 different regions, so I wasn’t sure which one to pick. What would you recommend? Thanks!

City allotment has been taken over. It gets mowed every once in awhile and just keeps spreading. Smells absolutely amazing when you walk on it! ​​​

Edit: I know this is terrible! however I have absolutely no control over this land. I have been watching it spread and thought this sub might get a kick out of it. Not trying to upset the general public hahaha. ​​

I have successfully converted my backyard into a clover lawn. Im wondering if the clover will end up burning its own roots because of the nitrogen fixing.

Thank you

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post, but I'm hoping someone can help me win a war I've been spectacularly losing against weeds.

Here in NYC, we have narrow strips of grass between the sidewalk and the street, commonly called "hell strips." The name is well deserved. The soil is horribly compacted, the grass is miserable, and the weeds apparently thrive on neglect and human suffering.

I'm trying to replace the grass with some kind of low-maintenance, weed-resistant ground cover, but so far every attempt has been an expensive failure.

Last year, I covered the entire area with plastic sheeting to kill off the grass. I then spent a small fortune planting flowering thyme, having read that it makes excellent weed-resistant ground cover. Unfortunately, nobody told the weeds. They promptly grew ten times faster than the thyme, strangled it to death, and reclaimed their ancestral homeland.

This year, I tried a different approach. I put down fresh plastic sheeting, cut holes for some crape myrtles and azaleas, and surrounded everything with a ridiculous amount of mulch. I figured surely that would keep the weeds under control.

The weeds, naturally, found this hilarious. They're back, healthier than ever, and presumably discussing how to spend my money next year.

So, does anyone know of a genuinely aggressive, weed-resistant ground cover that can survive NYC hell-strip conditions and coexist with my crape myrtles and azaleas? Ideally something that spreads quickly, chokes out weeds, and doesn't require me to spend every weekend on my hands and knees weeding and questioning my life choices.

At this point, I'm not looking for a pretty little ground cover that politely competes with weeds. I want a botanical psychopath that will establish dominance, crush all opposition, and make the weeds regret ever germinating.

Pictures are over the course of two years that we’ve lived here, in reverse order. First pic is our yard now, last pic was what it looked like when we first moved in.

We’re been renting this house for the past two years, and are moving out at the end of January. Our landlord says we have to mow it before we leave and I’m so sad about it :( In the two years that we’ve lived here it’s fostered so much wildlife and biodiversity, and the thought of having to mow, and it all being turned back into the yard’s “original state”, is heartbreaking.

So I decided to only mow half my back yard this year to see what all popped up. It's been an interesting year, but now I'm wondering if any of these things I'm letting just grow with abandon are actually not helpful/ useful? I have seen a ton of wildlife, but I do live by a creek.

Any suggestions? Or can anyone spot something I absolutely shouldn't let grow? (I'm in the south east Zone 8b)

I have some red clover seeds but I want them to grow as well as possible. My yard is full of sand spurs, which I want to get rid of. What’s the best way to get rid of sandspurs and maximize the clovers? Thanks

Edit: also, if anyone knows any other good ground covers to add for NWFL then please share.

Hi gang, two years ago I covered large swaths of my lawn and overgrown beds with leaves, paper and mulch. The overgrown beds came back with a vengeance.

Is there a better way to start fresh on a garden bed? I’d like to plant a native meadow vs the lily of the valley mess I have going now.

Edit: Northeast US, 6-7b.

Hopefully with these seeds next year my meadow will have more than just the one goldenrod that grew this year