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Talkback: Clover in lawns
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Many, many years ago, before everyone had to have yards of perfect grass, many yards were full of clover. Clover is excellent for the soil and provides lots of nitrogen. And personally, I think many of the so-called 'weeds' actually hold up better under disease and drought conditions than the grass. Also, 'weeds' like clover hold up better than grass to heavy use by children and foot travel. I have a lot of flowers, so the bees are usually in that instead of the lawn. Grass is overrated. We need to be cautious around bees, but bees (especially bumblebees) are one of the indicators of a healthy yard environment.
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I think it improves the look overall of the grass - anything that detracts from the boredom is a good thing!
Since the EU banned firstly Cutlass and then Stop-Gro I find I'm spending half my life trimming my small hedge.
Due to my weakening health if I can't find an answer I will have to join the majority of my neighbours and cut my hedge down, something I would hate to do.