Lawn Redpills

Bought a new house and the lawn is a mess. Mostly a mix of random fescue, creeping charlie, plantain, and other weeds.

I want to make a lawn that looks decent, but is as maintenance free as possible without going completely no mow.

I considered a K31 lawn with clover because I've heard it's the toughest and most drought resistant. But all the boomers have a stroke when I mention K31 and recommend TTTF that costs triple.

Any recommendations? Yard is 1/2 acre in cool season area. Pic related is my back yard.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Looks like good grazing, could put out 2TDM per year easy. enough for 2 sheep

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I considered goats or chickens, but I live in a zone that doesn't allow them. Instead, I'm converting almost all of the backyard into a garden, but it will take a few years to get into full swing.

      I plan on keeping the front yard more manicured to keep the neighbors happy, but I don't want to go full Boomer and spend $1000/year fertilizing and spray-painting my brown grass spots.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        rabbits or guinea pigs?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I guess it depends on if they're considered "livestock" or not. I might have a hard time convincing the city that my army of 30+ rabbits are "pets".

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Farm them for angora hair? All you havve to doo is brush them and collect the hair.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Convert grass into protein.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >t. mexican

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >guinea pigs
              >mexican

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >looks decent
    >maintenance free
    Pick ONE.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      THIS IS BASED.

      People grow GRASS because it is LOW MAINTENANCE and DECENT LOOKING.

      It is literally your best option for the parameters here. Everything else is wild as frick, stupid looking as frick, muddy, buggy, filled with snakes, wasps, and other shitty wildlife.

      Turfgrass didn't win because it was decorative, it won because it doesn't take over your fricking house in a couple years.

      Let's review turfgrass:
      > Establishes dominance with 9 months of care
      > Deal with it once a week (or hire this out for $100 a month)
      > Can run, jump, play on it
      > Kids love it, flat and doesn't obstruct view
      > Doesn't invite deer, insect pests, or any wildlife really (except goats)
      > You don't even have to water it, establish grass native to the area
      > Practically a food desert for anything home invasive, why do you think shit comes into your house? Surround yourself with a moat of grass.
      > But muh wAtEr.

      b***h please, residential watering of lawns accounts for 5% or less of water usage in any county. It's good because it works OP, don't fall for the clover meme. I have one 2yd patch of clover, you know how many fricking rabbits I get? Jesus frick.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        have a nice day boomer

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Mulch, manure, rototill them together and then native grasses or a clover mix. You could also go the wildflower route and say it can't be mowed as it is feeding pollinators.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >You could also go the wildflower route and say it can't be mowed as it is feeding pollinators
      How to piss off your neighborhood and lower your property value. No lawn buttholes are always the laziest contrarian pieces of shit.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Buy a robot mower, grass always does best if it's cut daily. It's less traumatic on the stem and the ultra fine clippings mulch down really quickly.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Lawns are pure boomer idiocy. You can still landscape without falling for that useless wasteful trap

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Go to your local university extension office with a soil sample and ask their advice.

    Generally, the cheapest and easiest method is to mow it, adjust the pH, occasionally herbicide the broadleafs, and give it a little fertilizer. In a couple of years the local grass will take over. Native volunteer grass is my favorite. I can't be more specific, I live in a different region, but quick research on TTTF sounds like it might be the best. Maybe use some in the front in bare spots and be patient.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    White Dutch clover, assuming it grows in your area is the answer

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Lawn Redpills

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i don't know why you americans care so much about your lawn. shure your front yard shouldn't look like trash but your backyard? what you have there looks kinda nice just mow it once a week and it will be fine. don't genocide your garden. also forget what i just wrote if you live in a HOA. i wouldn't wish that to my biggest enemy

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >creeping charlie
    You need to start checking the tree lines.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Your back yard looks fricking great, leave it alone and spend money on something else. Throw some micro clover in it if you want.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Seed with clover
    It'll strangle out weeds and help the grass grow

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