New house has a lawn that is a disaster. Thinking about converting to a Bee lawn, this kind of lawn mixes tradition grasses with white clover-the white clover fixes nitrogen and outcompetes weeds. Not a Bee hugger, just looking for a low maintainence option for my lawn, and have always liked grass.
If you have a lawn like this I could use some pointers-Thanks
My wife and I are looking into doing pollinator habitat in all our flower beds in the back of the house and doing some of the fruit tree options along with a bee hotel. We are going to shy away from the bee lawn though. I like naps in the yard too much to give that up yet.
I have had a “bee lawn” from WAY back. Also known as a “I’d rather be fishing lawn.” A LOT of pretty colored plants/weeds mixed in the grass in my yard instead of being a poison laden “perfect” green lawn.
Bee lawn or a no mow lawn are nice options. Hopefully do one once I buy a place. I don’t quite understand why people dump (literally) so much money into their lawns with all the fertilizers, herbicides etc. It should dry up much faster also with deeper rooted grasses allowing more infiltration.
Contact your counties soil and water office, some are starting to have cost-share options for these things.
Bee lawns also don’t get burn patches from dog pee. Read the best time to start one is in the fall, might still give it a shot this spring.
I should get in touch with the local extension. Our lawn is a mixture of weeds and grasses. We have pusley down here which is as aggressive as dollar weed, but harder to control. I’d be happy with native grasses to chock them out. I don’t need ornamental grass because I don’t want to add fertilizer to the environment and/or add to my water bill.
I mow two acres up at the lake. It’s rough as a cob and a mixture of grass and weeds. I spread 10 yards of sandy loam in some of the real rough spots last year but that was just a drop in the bucket from what it really needs. Mowing it is a real pain. Literally. My back is killing me by the time I’m done and I feel like I have at least a couple hernia’s. But it looks nice! 
There are places that will come and plant natural prairie grass for free I think but you have to let it go and grow natural. Don’t think any of my neighbors would like that.
I’m looking at thousands in investment of material and equipment rental to get it in decent shape. Money I’d rather use on something else but I don’t see a way around it. 
I’m looking at thousands in investment of material and equipment rental to get it in decent shape. Money I’d rather use on something else but I don’t see a way around it.
I have 98 (yes 98) sprinkler heads here. I pounded a sandpoint well for water. I spend $1,500 – $1,800 a year on a service laying down chemicals to control the weeds. I spent I don’t know how much laying down a rock buffer between my pond & yard. I mow this thing twice a week and burn almost as much gas in the mower as the boat it seems like. 
I love a manicured lawn……but I would never do it again. 
Most of our lawn is completely cutover to perennial native flowers – which is a whole different ballgame. The remaining lawn is “bee friendly” in the way that I haven’t done anything to keep the weeds out. A resource that might be worth looking into is this: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l
Most of our lawn is completely cutover to perennial native flowers – which is a whole different ballgame. The remaining lawn is “bee friendly” in the way that I haven’t done anything to keep the weeds out. A resource that might be worth looking into is this: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l
Most of our lawn is completely cutover to perennial native flowers – which is a whole different ballgame. The remaining lawn is “bee friendly” in the way that I haven’t done anything to keep the weeds out. A resource that might be worth looking into is this: https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l
Thanks for posting the link very informative. I get the white clover and indian paint brush flowers growing on my acreage but they get mowed right along with everything else. I may look into dedicating a portion of my property maybe a quarter acre or so to bee lawn.
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