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Thank you for your comment! I’m glad the video was helpful. I understand how challenging this problem can be. Could you let me know where you're located? We might service your area or be able to find someone nearby who can assist you. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Great question! We dump our Vitamix compost into a 5-gallon bucket each morning and add a sprinkle of good worm compost to it every few days to help diversify the compost biology.

Thank you so much! We're really glad that was helpful! :)

We're thrilled you enjoyed the video. If you have any questions or if there's anything else you'd like to see from Bruce and our team, feel free to let us know. Your support means a lot to us!

We're thrilled that you loved the video and have ordered microclover for your new yard. If you have any questions or need any advice along the way, feel free to reach out. Wishing you all the best with your yard project this summer! Happy planting! 🌱😊

It does mine, but I came up with a good solution! Simply dig out the mini clover from your flower or veggie beds, and plant it in spots in your lawn that look like it could use the help. Water well while getting it established, of course. I am a miniclover fan of 7 years.

Hi there...yes, Bees are great. But a lot of our clients with small kids don't love having plants (flowers) in their lawns that draw bees into their kids' play areas. Microclover is a nice alternative to traditional white clover in this case.

You mean that the tree was originally planted too deeply? There may be no real fix other than removing some soil from further outside of the tree to make it a more gradual "hole". You can have soil up to the root flare but not above. Hope this helps!

@@marycervantes6421 Yes, thank you for the quick reply.

We sure are!

@@alecmcclennan are you still doing microclover lawns

Our pleasure :)

It is a little different :) Keeps those tree roots safe

@@alecmcclennan I definitely see the importance of preserving the tree roots just looks kind of cool seeing that for the first time

You definitely do NOT have to reseed each year. I’m almost all of the United States microclover is a perennial. It doesn’t hurt to reseed every now and then but it should survive both the summer and the winter. Thanks for asking!

@@alecmcclennan thank you so much for your answer. Do you think this can be mixed with fescue grass, or better not? I live in Georgia.

Hi Valerie, we're going to update some videos and will make one on microclover! You are correct that microclover does need a lot less water than the grass and will stay greener longer into the summer. Hope that helps!

Thanks for asking! It is indeed. Snow Mold is a fungus, encouraged when lawns are left too long over the Winter, and nutrients and trace elements are lacking. Thatch is a layer of undigested roots, leaves, and organic plant material that settles between the turfgrass and the soil surface. Too much Thatch can actually be one of the promoters of Snow Mold in the late Winter and early Spring. I hope this helps answer your question :)

Hi Brad...thanks for your comments! I agree that lawns are often abused and taken care of in a way that offsets some of the many benefits they provide. Did you know that a lawn produces 5 to 10 times as much oxygen per square acre than a forest does? That's pretty good! If we can avoid using chemicals to maintain them, they build huge biological soil communities that pull carbon out of the atmosphere too! I'm glad that you don't want to kill all the flowers in your lawn with chemicals... Perhaps you'd be interested in adding our microclover to your front lawn to encourage a beneficial plant that improves soil at a much faster rate than many typical "weeds" that will pop up if you just let it go completely. Finally, you might want to consider an electric robotic mower to keep your lawn mowed without all the air and noise pollution...they have a far better environmental profile than a typical lawn mower. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Our pleasure, good luck with your trees!

HI Squid Beard....I don't know where you live but it will likely not sprout this year...would recommend seeding in early Spring at this point. Good luck!

Hi Larry, Fall works. If you're in the northern half of the U.S. you might want to wait until Early Spring at this point but generally Fall is just fine. Never hurts to seed it now, just might not be quite as successful as seeding in early March.

Hi Esther, thanks for your comment...the nice thing about this variety of Microclover is that while it does flower, it flowers substantially less than traditional clover. So, you do feed the bees a bit (not a terrible thing) but you don't have them in your lawn for a large part of the season.

Love This Old House! You sure can spread it right on top of existing grass that isn't doing so well. Now is generally a good time of year if you can water a bit and again in March would be great. Thanks!

@@alecmcclennan Thanks Alec, I live in San Jose and we are having a drought (again), so this solution is greatly welcomed

It should do fine. May go dormant in the heat of the Summer. I'd probably plant it in March but you could potentially plant this Fall. Thanks!

Hi there...if it isn't mowed, it does grow...we've noticed that if it gets mowed regularly it retains a lot of its micro qualities but it is true that while the leaves can be smaller than traditional dutch white clover, they are maybe 75% the size. Another benefit is that when mowed, it does not flower as prolifically as straight dutch white clover.

Dutch White is great too...Microclover is good for people who don't want to be quite so in your face with the Clover...just a little less noticeable etc. Thanks for sharing!

Hi Stan, Clover is a great way to go for your lawn...we like microclover better than standard dutch white clover because it is a little less noticeable (neighbor issue) and it seems to fill in areas a little better. But, regular dutch white clover is good too as long as you don't mind the flowers being more prolific. Anyway, not sure what type of grass you have now, but if you have bermuda, you probably don't need to add more. Bermuda being a warm season grass may be brown much of the Winter...the clover may help hide that a bit. If you already have grass, I'd just add the clover. If you're worried about your neighbors maybe don't seed all the way up to their line...leave a 5 or 10 foot buffer.

@@alecmcclennan tremendous help!! Thanks very much. I'm going to power rake and plant Tall Fescue Kentucky 31and I've already bought the white dutch clover, so I'll stay away from neighbors' yards as you say. Thing I read and watched said that micro clover doesn't do well in this area of Eastern Tennessee. I can return the clover that I bought, so do you think that it would work better here the micro clover?

Thanks so much for your feedback David :).

Thank you David, we will pass this info along to the team. We appreciate your feedback, and look forward to delivering a steaming pile of horse manure to your front porch tomorrow.

Hi, if you'd like to buy clover to add to your lawn, here is a link: store.whygoodnature.com/microclover/

Hi, you might want to wait until it cools down this Fall to seed and maybe seed again late next Winter. If you can water now, you can get away with seeding now but it probably won't establish as well now as it would in the fall or spring. It won't hurt to try to seed it now though if you really want to give it a shot. Good luck!

Thanks so much Shellstone...we'll look at it and maybe get some voice over work on there. Thanks!

It should do pretty well in Southern California...it will maybe go dormant during long periods of hot and dry weather but in general it will do pretty well.

Hi Annette, it might be able to help...a good arborist could take a look for you. If you're in Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, or Chicago, we'd be happy to take a look!

@@alecmcclennan I called and scheduled an arborist to come out. Thank you!!

Well I suppose that is good...the thing about trees is that they won't show the results of the damage that is done to them for some time. Burying a tree like that won't kill it right away but it sure will start its decline.

@@alecmcclennanWhat he didn’t say is that that tree he has probably had ton of circling roots.

That's a great point...Adding these "foodilizer" tablets will make it more valuable as a fertilizer too! store.whygoodnature.com/vitamix-foodcycler-fc-50-foodilizer-tablets-2-pack/

Hi Sir, we don't rent them...would recommend having a pro do the work for you but if you are comfortable you can try renting one here: www.airspade.com/pages/rent-an-airspade

Microclover isn't much better than grass in a very shady area. Might look into something like this: www.stepables.com/3/STEPABLE_All_Terrain_GroundCover_Shady_Area_Plants.html

Thanks!

You can absolutely still mulch the lawn!

You might want to add these tablets to your soil/compost to help make it more useful! store.whygoodnature.com/vitamix-foodcycler-fc-50-foodilizer-tablets-2-pack/

That's great! Not everyone has space to compost outdoors and this can be a great alternative. We find that using the Food Cycler during the winter is a lot easier than taking scraps outside...and we can mix in the food cycler processed material into our compost pile come Spring.

His website is at the end of the clip, store.whygoodnature.com/microclover/. BUT.. If you want more clover flowers and more bees, then micro is probably NOT the way to go, because fewer flowers. If you really want flowers, then Dutch Clover may be the way to go, but your lawn may look like a sea of white blossoms

Means your soil is very compacted. I always appreciate the dandelions, it's crazy seeing people trying to get rid of them. Best to just lay down asphalt and paint it green. 🤭