I asked the guys at the park I go to why they didn’t plant more clover. There’s some varieties that hold up really well to food traffic. I did some clover where I used to live & was quite happy with the results. And white clover tea is awesome 😁
I recently heard of planting yarrow as a "lawn". It is soft. Here, at 7600 ft elevation, it thrives and spreads by an underground root system. I'm constantly pulling it out of my raised beds and flower beds ... 🤔.
Could you put the clover everywhere to help get the quack grass under control? Now that the clover has started our competing the quack grass around the tiny house, can you put out some wildflowers out again? Thanks for keeping us up on all of your hard work!
I like a clover lawn. It reminds me of my young childhood when my neighborhood friends and I would make daisy chains of the flowers. Wish life was as innocent now as it was then, before we started seriously polluting the earth.
Since you mentioned Daisy Chains, I suspect you are on the other side of the Pond. We made Daisy Chains every summer while we sat on the lawn which my Dad insisted looked better with Clover, Buttercups and our favoutite Daisy flowers. Happy memories.
That is SO interesting regarding the clover and quack grass! Wow. Gotta love that clover. :-) This area of your property is looking really nice, Ariel. My front lawn is getting close to half clover. It is lovely and soft underfoot, and best of all the bees love it - I leave it a wee bit before I mow the lawn, so they get a good chance to enjoy. Thanks for the advice to mow in the morning for the bees! I came across something a while ago regarding grass seed back in the late 40's, early 50's ... can't remember exactly ... grass seed actually contained an amount of clover. Then they took it out and started to sell weed killers.
I was wondering how it was doing. We are on a hill with woods and have cleared some brush downhill from the house. After seeing your first video I purchased a bag of mini clover seeds to see how it would do for us. I now have baby clovers sprouting everywhere I spread the seed. This is a little downhill from our garden area so I'm hoping to attract some pollinators. Our builder had suggested filling that back with ground cover but we didn't and the hill is a beast to mow now 5 years later.
Great stuff. I had the same grass/dirt situation with my lawn and went with clover. It is amazing for bringing life back to the soil and stays green and lush all summer long.
I love clover 🍀...I encourage it in my yard...we have quack grass here too...but my lawn this year is clover & dandelion mostly with the edges growing wild chamomile & broadleaf plantain...my favorite greenery to grow...I do have grass that you can see the dirt through...also have thistle & mullein scattered about...love a grass free lawn 😍
The garden show from the UK, Gardeners World, Fridays on UA-cam is a wealth of information. One of the things I've learned is they've started meadow reclamation. One of the seeds planted to that end is Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Minor. One of the interesting things about this plant is at the root level it does something to discourage grass growth so the meadow is a mix of wildflowrs and grasses. It says the seed is sown in the fall and needs to go thru a winter to germinate. Seed is availble in the USA.
I used to cast 50 lbs of red clover over much of our 5 1/2 acres. It was beautiful and added nutrients to the soil. Your clover is much more of a mat-lovely!
Ariel, Andrew Millison said he uses Comfrey planted under fruit trees to suppress the grass. It grows big and falls over onto the grass and smothers it out. Kirsten Dirksen's UA-cam "Turning barren suburban lot..."
I love your mini clover. I have clover growing on my property and let it flower a few weeks at a time before I mow it, so that the pollinators can have a feast. I always think too, that if I let the clover flowers dry they may produce seeds. I don't know if that is true. I love your place, it's really shaping up nicely.
I’m in Missouri and we are dehydrated to average 97 deg clover seems to be ok not growing tall but a small happy clover but here when it rains twice this growing year water grass takes over good thing I think you can walk a path through
When you first reported that you would be sowing mini clover I was intrigued. Now for sure i am going to give the mini clover and perhaps some other clovers a try as well. We'll see how it does on the adobe based soil of my area. Peace Out.
I love your observation skills! You think about what you're seeing, and then you share it, explaining the why of things as well as the what. As for the clover, like you said there is one more (huge) benefit, and that's how the clover will put bio-available nitrogen nodules into the soil for future plants to come. That'll make your eventual food forest much healthier.
San Diego Seed Company did a short video on solarizing the land in order to kill off weeds and such. It's a long process but cheap and easy. It might be helpful in problem areas of your land.
There you are.... I got a new laptop and apparently my subscription to you disappeared and I haven't seen you since you moved out of the mountains! Nice to see what you're up to and how you now have the room to expand, I have a lot of catching up to do! 😉 🙂
I saw an article recently where the author recommended moss as a better lawn than grass. I have some in my lawn (and growing on my house). I don't think it is nice.
I didn't even know you could buy clover seeds. In the 'burbs, you wouldn't want clover mixed into your lawn. It's funny, the differences in the two perspectives.
How is your cat around the clover? I wanted to plant, but is listed as toxic to cats. They did not clarify if pollen was ingested from brushing against the plant and then grooming or just eating directly. My cat got super sick a few years back from plant poisoning, so I'm always looking up anything before planting, and wow, they are so sensitive to a bunch of common plants! I also want to plant red and ladino clover for my pigs and goats who are just adgacent to the yard area. Is it micro? I'm in Appalachia. Love your channel!
The video title says mini clover, I'm assuming this is micro clover from the link provided. What advantages to you feel micro clover has over small leaf white clover? In the video you said you had other clovers in other parts of the property - what was different for those locations? Thanks !!
Looks great!…. I love your dream for this property….. I have a white clover yard as well and save green white blossoms for tea! Obviously the area is secluded from animals and the like 😏
My parents have been encouraging clover in their yard, as well as mondo grass in shady areas. I have another friend who has a very shaded area and a very dense carpet of short mondo grass under that area, along with some hostas. It looks great and is basically no maintenance!
I think, as an adult, you just have to watch where you're walking. Kids get stung because they haven't learned to pay attention to what they're doing. At least that's my memories. A child would be running without looking across a lawn and step right on a bee.
I just watched an interesting video on how a couple in Canada was been plagued by quack grass as well and some of what they have tried. Thought you may find it interesting; the video comments also include what others have been doing and one commenter had success using combo of tarps and chickens and is doing this in sections!? so, just if you are interested - ua-cam.com/video/AVI-30apCLo/v-deo.html It's the channel Back to Reality; I started watching them when they were living in an RV / Van and travelling / working to save for a home & land purchase. I loved their travel stuff in areas of Canada I have never seen. It's somewhat funny that I've ended up watching both your channels post about this grass during the same week - even though they did this post quite a while ago ( I'm pretty behind on many channels < scuffing shoe embarrased> )
Love the way you find natural and common sense ways to fix gardening problems. Clover is really useful and beautiful.
I asked the guys at the park I go to why they didn’t plant more clover. There’s some varieties that hold up really well to food traffic. I did some clover where I used to live & was quite happy with the results. And white clover tea is awesome 😁
Absolutely love the new containers around the tiny house! Gorgeous.
I recently heard of planting yarrow as a "lawn". It is soft. Here, at 7600 ft elevation, it thrives and spreads by an underground root system. I'm constantly pulling it out of my raised beds and flower beds ... 🤔.
Could you put the clover everywhere to help get the quack grass under control?
Now that the clover has started our competing the quack grass around the tiny house, can you put out some wildflowers out again?
Thanks for keeping us up on all of your hard work!
I have been thinking about planting clover up at my garden as the weeds are terrible.
I like a clover lawn. It reminds me of my young childhood when my neighborhood friends and I would make daisy chains of the flowers. Wish life was as innocent now as it was then, before we started seriously polluting the earth.
Since you mentioned Daisy Chains, I suspect you are on the other side of the Pond. We made Daisy Chains every summer while we sat on the lawn which my Dad insisted looked better with Clover, Buttercups and our favoutite Daisy flowers. Happy memories.
That is SO interesting regarding the clover and quack grass! Wow. Gotta love that clover. :-)
This area of your property is looking really nice, Ariel. My front lawn is getting close to half clover. It is lovely and soft underfoot, and best of all the bees love it - I leave it a wee bit before I mow the lawn, so they get a good chance to enjoy. Thanks for the advice to mow in the morning for the bees!
I came across something a while ago regarding grass seed back in the late 40's, early 50's ... can't remember exactly ... grass seed actually contained an amount of clover. Then they took it out and started to sell weed killers.
Wonderful... and it's so much lovelier than grass 😊
I was wondering how it was doing. We are on a hill with woods and have cleared some brush downhill from the house. After seeing your first video I purchased a bag of mini clover seeds to see how it would do for us. I now have baby clovers sprouting everywhere I spread the seed. This is a little downhill from our garden area so I'm hoping to attract some pollinators. Our builder had suggested filling that back with ground cover but we didn't and the hill is a beast to mow now 5 years later.
Lovely green colour.
Great stuff. I had the same grass/dirt situation with my lawn and went with clover. It is amazing for bringing life back to the soil and stays green and lush all summer long.
I love clover 🍀...I encourage it in my yard...we have quack grass here too...but my lawn this year is clover & dandelion mostly with the edges growing wild chamomile & broadleaf plantain...my favorite greenery to grow...I do have grass that you can see the dirt through...also have thistle & mullein scattered about...love a grass free lawn 😍
Your flower beds are beautiful. Looking great.
The garden show from the UK, Gardeners World, Fridays on UA-cam is a wealth of information. One of the things I've learned is they've started meadow reclamation. One of the seeds planted to that end is Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus Minor. One of the interesting things about this plant is at the root level it does something to discourage grass growth so the meadow is a mix of wildflowrs and grasses. It says the seed is sown in the fall and needs to go thru a winter to germinate. Seed is availble in the USA.
Meadow maker. Yellow rattle is semi parasitic plant and it feeds on grasses.
I’ve loved looking at full clover lawns and ordered seed, now I e just got to wait for late summer!
The clover is beautiful, thanks for the update!
I used to cast 50 lbs of red clover over much of our 5 1/2 acres. It was beautiful and added nutrients to the soil. Your clover is much more of a mat-lovely!
I love it and I'll bet the bees do, too! 👍🇨🇦😎🐝🐝🐝
Will the clover help your bees, too?
Do you plan to plant a few hundred more trees/shrubs this fall..and every fall thereafter to establish your future orchard/forest??
Looks nice!
What a hardy little plant! C'mon clover!! Woop! Woop!
Hello from Florida, I loved this video. Just ordered some ! 🥰
I'm planting clover around my tiny home too.
I like it!
Ariel, Andrew Millison said he uses Comfrey planted under fruit trees to suppress the grass. It grows big and falls over onto the grass and smothers it out. Kirsten Dirksen's UA-cam "Turning barren suburban lot..."
I love your mini clover. I have clover growing on my property and let it flower a few weeks at a time before I mow it, so that the pollinators can have a feast. I always think too, that if I let the clover flowers dry they may produce seeds. I don't know if that is true. I love your place, it's really shaping up nicely.
If the clover could out compete the quack grass that would be a HUGE win.
I'm going to sow clower for this particular reason. My land is a quack grass infestation.
I’m in Missouri and we are dehydrated to average 97 deg clover seems to be ok not growing tall but a small happy clover but here when it rains twice this growing year water grass takes over good thing I think you can walk a path through
I live outside Casper I think I will try the clover
we have lots of white clover in our yard and I've made lots of clover tea with it!! high in vitamin C.
When you first reported that you would be sowing mini clover I was intrigued. Now for sure i am going to give the mini clover and perhaps some other clovers a try as well. We'll see how it does on the adobe based soil of my area. Peace Out.
I love your observation skills! You think about what you're seeing, and then you share it, explaining the why of things as well as the what. As for the clover, like you said there is one more (huge) benefit, and that's how the clover will put bio-available nitrogen nodules into the soil for future plants to come. That'll make your eventual food forest much healthier.
San Diego Seed Company did a short video on solarizing the land in order to kill off weeds and such. It's a long process but cheap and easy. It might be helpful in problem areas of your land.
I think your clover is beautiful. I may try a little in my little mountain area.
Great info. Thanks! ❤️(Maggie)
Could you plant clover under your tress and bushes to help choke out the quack grass?
Blessings 😁🙏
There you are.... I got a new laptop and apparently my subscription to you disappeared and I haven't seen you since you moved out of the mountains! Nice to see what you're up to and how you now have the room to expand, I have a lot of catching up to do! 😉 🙂
Love the video. This is my 2nd video. Do you miss being in the mountains since you moved?
Clover honey is the best !!!!!
My lawn is well shaded with a lot of moss.I wonder if clover would take over from the moss.
I saw an article recently where the author recommended moss as a better lawn than grass. I have some in my lawn (and growing on my house). I don't think it is nice.
I didn't even know you could buy clover seeds. In the 'burbs, you wouldn't want clover mixed into your lawn. It's funny, the differences in the two perspectives.
How is your cat around the clover? I wanted to plant, but is listed as toxic to cats. They did not clarify if pollen was ingested from brushing against the plant and then grooming or just eating directly. My cat got super sick a few years back from plant poisoning, so I'm always looking up anything before planting, and wow, they are so sensitive to a bunch of common plants! I also want to plant red and ladino clover for my pigs and goats who are just adgacent to the yard area. Is it micro? I'm in Appalachia. Love your channel!
that is my dream home
The video title says mini clover, I'm assuming this is micro clover from the link provided. What advantages to you feel micro clover has over small leaf white clover? In the video you said you had other clovers in other parts of the property - what was different for those locations?
Thanks !!
I wonder how the clover would do with scrub oak? That’s what we have issues with.
What kind of trees are you planting for shade?
Do you actually mow and mulch micro clover, or bag and toss it away just like mowing grass?
Looks great!…. I love your dream for this property….. I have a white clover yard as well and save green white blossoms for tea! Obviously the area is secluded from animals and the like 😏
My parents have been encouraging clover in their yard, as well as mondo grass in shady areas. I have another friend who has a very shaded area and a very dense carpet of short mondo grass under that area, along with some hostas. It looks great and is basically no maintenance!
can you put micro clover seeds on top of existing grass ?
Do ducks like quack grass?🤔
Both
now you know how to deal with your "quack grass" just plant a lot of clover!
🎶🎶💖💖
Growing up it was dangerous to walk barefoot on the lawn with clover. You would get bee stings all the time.
I wondered about that
Was going to post the same thing. Had it mixed in with the grass growing up. One step off the driveway in bare feet was always a big risk.
I think, as an adult, you just have to watch where you're walking. Kids get stung because they haven't learned to pay attention to what they're doing. At least that's my memories. A child would be running without looking across a lawn and step right on a bee.
When outside, always wear shoes.
Quack grass only grows in sick soil ! Fix your soil not add to the problem
I just watched an interesting video on how a couple in Canada was been plagued by quack grass as well and some of what they have tried. Thought you may find it interesting; the video comments also include what others have been doing and one commenter had success using combo of tarps and chickens and is doing this in sections!? so, just if you are interested -
ua-cam.com/video/AVI-30apCLo/v-deo.html
It's the channel Back to Reality; I started watching them when they were living in an RV / Van and travelling / working to save for a home & land purchase. I loved their travel stuff in areas of Canada I have never seen. It's somewhat funny that I've ended up watching both your channels post about this grass during the same week - even though they did this post quite a while ago ( I'm pretty behind on many channels < scuffing shoe embarrased> )
I can't believe the amount of misinformation shown in this video