Planting clover lawn

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All over North America, people are taking the plunge and ditching grass for clover. In this article we explore the pros and cons of growing a clover lawn.

Growing clover adds a unique and old-fashioned touch to a lawn or other grassy area. Read on to find out how to plant clovers in existing lawns.

It’s easier than you think!

Flowering grasses such as Clover are important for bee populations. Growing clover instead of grass helps bees. Here's how to grow Clover.

Unlike traditional grass that must be mowed regularly to stay healthy and tidy, you can let your micro clover lawn grow long to create a meadow-like,

I grew up thinking of clover as a weed I needed to pull. How wrong I was! Clover BUILDS soil, feeds bees, is drought tolerant, can be walked on... the list goes on an on! Did you know lawns were made of clover years ago before someone decided that grass, regular watering, and weekly mowing sounded like a good idea. 🤷‍♀️ How on earth did we get sucked into that?!?When I leveled my 'badminton and soccer lawn' in 2016 I put down sod. It looked gorgeous. By the end of that summer, I hated it.

I've provided you with 8 solid reasons to avoid a clover lawn, but let's take a look at some alternative lawn popular choices.

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Do you have a love/hate relationship with your lawn? Right now our front yard looks great, but rewind a few years and it was a completely different story. The sod that our home builder had put down was hard to maintain and died so easily. In 2016 my mum and I went away for a