Planting Clover in Your Lawn? How Did it Work For Me?
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Have you ever planted clover in your lawn? See the results I've experienced over the years. I purchased seeds from hancockseed.co... and am happy with their company.
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Have you ever planted clover in your lawn? See the results I've experienced over the years. I purchased seeds from hancockseed.com/products/micro-clover-seed and am happy with their company.
Thank you for such a great idea. I love the flowers that you had around your home in “the clearing in the trees”.
Thanks!
Yes! I started over seeding and filling patches in my lawn this spring. I absolutely love it. We are using white Dutch clover ☘️ (blooms short). I have several other native clovers mixed in with grasses. I love to let it get a bit longer and flower awhile before mowing. I don’t use fertilizers or poison on my lawn. I don’t care if the neighbors think I’m nuts 🤪 🍀 makes my feet and heart happy ! I’ll add micro clover to the mix now too. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this. I stubbled on to her channel and saw your comment. I didn't know a lot about clover but am learning....I think clover is beautiful! I am Irish....3 leafs is a Shamrock! : )
Ariel, I came across information not long ago, that lawn seed 'back in the day' had a percentage of clover in it. I want to say 30%, but I'm not sure. Then, in the 50s they took the clover out of the lawn seed and they started making weed killing products. I've let my front lawn clover spread naturally ... it's lovely, and so soft under foot.
Wonderful video, so informative ... many thanks. 🌷
You deserve an honorary degree. You are a great teacher.
I once rented a place where the yard was seeded with white violets, miniature strawberry, and little clover. It was so pretty. But my home of many years is on wetland and has anoxic soil, so I've let the wild world take over (I do not plant or fertilize and rarely mow) and my backyard is covered with Sundew (Drosera drosera), a very small carnivorous plant. It's kinda cute.
Clover sounds great! Burley is one lucky dog--he knows how much he is loved! 😊
Love clover, helps draw the pollinators for cross pollination! Burley boy is beautiful. Glad things are coming along at the homestead!
Very interesting...thanks for the info. Ariel!.........hugs to Burley 🐕💕🌷
Great tips! I have always wondered how golf courses got their lush green lawns. Your home is looking just like that Ariel, a real home and you can feel the love it’s created with. So special and I am so grateful to be on this journey with you and the ever-expanding family.💕
Clover is such happy plants. I have never heard of micro cover but great to know. Thanks so much
I grew up in Oklahoma City. We always had a Dutch clover lawn. It looked great, could take the heat and dry weather. I like it a lot better than grass.
We are trying to get a lawn growing here. It's clay soil, shaded and wet. We planted some sort of grass seed that they use on the Oregon coast. It's starting to look pretty good.
In OKC right now, this is really good to know as I’ve been thinking about doing this to our lawn!
Clover is a wonderful plant and has many uses. Beautiful, edible, Healthy for the yard even though your neighbors hate it.
Thankfully our neighbors are horses and cows. They love it. :)
I learn SOOOOOOOOO much from you!
Thank you! I’m adding clover to my lawn. My lawn is like yours, very natural.
Thanks for the information. I'll be going down to my local nursery and getting the clover.
I love the idea! I don't want herbicides, weed and feed or anything or the sort. I am going to plant clover in my yard! ♥
What a fantastic idea. I love clover.
dandelion plants are a calcium pump & their roots dried make a wonderful detox tea. (1 cup per day)
I love clover. Didn't know about the red. It is beautiful!
Wonderful idea! Thank you Ariel for 'planting the seed' :)
Thank you Ariel! I think you just solved a big problem for us concerning what to do about weedy areas in our yard! We'll be planting some of the micro clover and see how it turns out!
When I was young, farmers would rotate crops, and clover was something that was in their rotation. Always like the smell, and, evidently so did the bees. The farmer also had bee hives, so the clover was a win-win for him.
Burley says " but Mom, I'm a beautiful distraction!" Lol
Indeed he is!
I lost my lawn to clover completely without seeding and felt pretty sad as my lawn was my pride and joy.
but listening to you I will give it a go,It is very green! Thank-you for making this "clover" situation better.
Sweet, sweet clover! 👍😎🇨🇦🐝🦋
Tall grass hides snakes. I planted a playground grass seed 24 years ago. It had some white clover in it. I learned to mow the lawn before Memorial day and not to mow again until after July fourth. This allows the clover to flower, attract bees and then go to seed before I mow it. I direct the mower to throw grass over any bare spots. My lawn is lush. The bunnys love it. I do not fertilize the lawn but I do spread the ashes from the wood stove over the lawn in the winter. Good video. Good Luck, Rick
We always plant clover or legumes as a green manure crop in the area of the vegetable garden we allow to rest for the winter. And we have no 'lawn' but have white clover instead.
Love you too thanks honey give puppie a hug
I have always had clover and dandelions in my yard. Rabbits love clover to eat as well as groundhogs which both of them frequent our yard. I like picking the flowers and eating them raw as well. Ours are both white and lavender in color. Great informational video!
Love using White Dutch Clover & Red Clover… I use it all over instead of grass. Nothing to do status… I just don’t care for grass….and the bees and butterflies like it as well. Plus it grows well in our rocky terrain. Wish I’d known of micro clover. There is one section in which I really could have used that. Will be looking into that. Nope no herbicides for me either. I live in a mountain lake community and we really have to be mindful of what we put on the ground with all of the wells and lakes around. Thanks for the info.
Thank you for letting us know about clover, especially micro clover. I've been wanting to have a yard that is less work, mowing, and doesn't grow terribly tall. I will be planting my new tiny yard in clover and since I am also planting most of my 3 acres in trees I will be spreading clover over that too. You always have the best tips and I enjoy your vlogs very much.
Nice to know!
Hi Ariel thank you very much we thought this was very interesting❤
love this! I have clover and ate so many of my dandelions, that I don't have that many in my yard. Now I know why the lawn is so green!
Hi again ARIEL
Love clover! Soft and beautiful lush and comfy to walk barefoot on a yard of it. Your yard is coming along nicely already.
Thx for all the great info as always. Take good care. Hi Burley!
Oh my gosh Burley's a good dog!
I'll be excited to see how the microclover is doing next year!
How is Velcro doing?
She's a happy, busy little kitty!
Clover! GREAT idea! Thanx!
We just moved to a new place which has clover and grass and the lawn is gorgeous.
cool, I will be putting down clover seed for sure
Sweet Burley...Pet me mom :) Thanks for sharing so much info Ariel. Very interesting :)
Great info for a substitute for grass or in combination. Careful in bare feet, bees love clover. Love you xero shoes.......I have some too!
Clover grow in abundance here. If id have to start over from dirt id definitely include it. (My daughter loves sucking out the "honey" from the purple clovers)
Watching you from Washington Court House, Ohio
Thanks Ariel great info!! Burley is so cute, saw him coming from under Fy Nyth to get belly rubs.
Always interesting talks. Useful tutorials in my opinion. Thanks for your videos. Love all your new animals.
My dad scattered clover seeds on our lawn in the fifties and sixties because we were on sand and grass was just not taking off very well. The variety was the medium range in height with lots of flowers. I liked the clover until I stepped on a bee while barefoot. I'd like to try the micro-clover on my lawn and hope to be able to find the seed before Autumn.
Pardon me but I forgot to say thank you very much for reminding me about clover! Oops!
I’m right there with you… am in the process of waiting for the white clover to take over my small front & side yard. It’s coming along nicely here in southern Vermont. Very information video, as usual 👌👍
Her husband's name is Clay.
Hi Sue, I’m in Ferrisburgh, Vt. (near Burlington , Vt)
And soon to live in Poultney, Vt (near Rutland). Originally from San Diego, CA. Still learning about plants here!
Love Ariel’s channel!
@@carolyncarlon9870 Hey… how fun to read your comment here. I have followed Ariel for several years, now, Love her and all she does. 💕. I’m at the southeast end of Vermont (Chester). Funny you relocated from San Diego… we came here after living 4 decades in southern Nevada. Gardening here is fantastic but, obviously limited to late spring, summer & early fall.
Hi Sue and Carolyn, I couldn’t help myself. I live in Lunenburg , Vermont which is northeast where the Connecticut River separates N H. and Vt.My husband and I have lived here 25 years, I lived in Brattleboro for 6 years long ago. We love the beauty of Vt. I’ve learned a lot from Ariel too.
@@debbiecrochiere2182 Well, Debbie… I think this is really, really a hoot…we three Vermont “transplants” all meeting up here, thanks to Ariel in Wyoming & her great channel.😉. And, I’m way down at the southeast end and right along the Connecticut River, too.
When I asked for clover seed to add to my 'lawn', the guy at the garden center acted like I was a little off. I guess he would rather have sold me on weed killer and a lot more grass seed and fertilizer. I bought the clover seed. It's still getting established but it's coming along.
Lovely!
Very helpful. Thanks.
Excellent info to share with my wife!
I totally agree with you on everything you said! Thank you for sharing.
Burley is sure living the life! Would love to see filming of him interacting with Velcro more. There is a YT channel called Hannah's Happy Home. We now have Ariel's Happy Home thanks to you and Clay's hard work. Take care.
When we built our house we did the usual, sowed grass seed, then worked hard trying to keep it filled in when our hot dry summers came. For a couple of years we battled and lost not only the grass but time and money. After all that we just let nature take over, native grass and weeds filled in and during the hot dry summers the "lawn" is still green. We even have visitors ask how we keep our "lawn" looking so lush, they don't believe when I reply "nothing." Over the years clover has found it's way in and now over half of our "lawn" is clover, white clover my honeybees love it of course. The only expense we have for our "lawn" is for mowing.
Beautiful!!
My grandmother put 25% clover in her lawns, her lawn was always gorgeous and we had fun scouring the yard for four-leaf clovers.
Microclover, Trifolium repens var. Pipolina or Pirouette, was developed in the Netherlands and Denmark for use on golf courses.
I have yellow sweet clover that grows wild around here. Two years ago it was all over the place had grew up to three feet tall. The past two years only grows where I water. You can see the nodules on the foots when pulled up. It has a large tap root. There is a mold that grows on it that makes it toxic to livestock. I will have to try some of that other clover. Thanks for the link.
Growing up in southern California we had Dichondra in the lawn. This didn't require any mowing but would not survive a frost.
@dfhepner It's not 'mold', these are rhizobia, knots of beneficial bacteria and they DO NOT harm livestock. The cause for what you observed must be something different.
Our cattle absolutely loved the yellow sweet clover. They did very well on it. No toxicity issues whatsoever.
@@Balligat the nodules were nitrogen fixing , but the leaves have a blue gray mold growing on them. That mold is toxic.
I never use chemicals. I have what ever is growing too. I really like the idea of micro clover. I am goi GM to look into it. Cut down on mowing. Thanks for the information.
I love clover and surprisingly enough do not mind creeping Charlie, except in my garden. Smells nice when you mow sorta like mint.
Thank you Ariel! That was so interesting, here in Florida I am constantly digging the weeds out by hand as I will not use the chemicals, that is a great idea as I like clover too! 🤗🤗💕💕💕💕💕
I allways wanted a camomile lawn..
Clovers is good can also be good hay crop, also will improve the soil if you want to use that land for gardening.
@Tracey Wye Chamomile as you may know grows even better when walked on and oh so soft & sweet smelling.🥰
I love the idea of a micro clover lawn! Never liked a big yard of grass, seems like such a waste of space. Such good info- thanks 🙂
So interesting! I never knew all this about clover. I will have to grow some. Thank you!
*QUESTION* Could you use clover in a front garden bed that has boundaries or in a big pot? Or do they go to seed and go wild? I really do learn so much from you. :) Your place is looking awesome!
I believe that clover if not tended to properly can spread and be extremely invasive. My dad used it in his lawn when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s, and everything was fine if we mowed and edged regularly.
@@jeffstumpf9129 ah makes sense. Gotta do that edging!! haha thanks.
Yes clover generally spreads it's self quite well. :)
I hope that you are going to have planters around Fy Nyth because they were beautiful.
We will! Just ran out of time this year. They should be in place by next spring.
Your home looks so lovely with that view behind it. One reason you don't get dead spots from the dogs peeing is probably because you feed them a natural raw diet, instead of commercial dog food, so their pee is much less toxic. I also love clover in a lawn (as well as daisies) but I once got a bee sting on my instep, not noticing it in the very short little flowers.
I am sure diet has a lot to do with it as well.
This was so helpful and interesting. I appreciate you doing this to just be helpful. Thank you.
I’m going to try the micro clover.
I love clover and drive all the lawn people crazy when I plant clover seed on purpose every year. Bare spots are great for clover seed. Adds beneficial nitrogen.
We naturally have the little white clover and a bigger light purple clover. I would love red too! We always let stuff grow..violets, dandelion, chicory, etc. Plus it's so pretty.
I see those smiling Sams back there :) You haven't even got started yet :)
Thank this was very helpful. 💖🐱👤
This is a great video! I learned so much. Going out to buy some micro clover
Ariel Great tip. I will do that. Clover in my grass. Where do you buy your seeds? FYI... Burley is your little Nanook.... little polar bear in swedish. See Jonna Jinton on RUclips. Your dogs are so similar. Have you thought of making your Tiny House an Air BnB? Money making biz. Thanks again. Loved the shop build too. Interesting video. Looking good.
I purchased seeds from hancockseed.com/products/micro-clover-seed and am happy with their company. Right now we're very much living in our house ourselves. :)
Ariel ❤️ always
Just researched clover myself to fill in my garden beds instead of needing to inevitably swap out mulch. Looking like it's going to be a good alternative after all.
While we do have grass in our yard there is a lot of other green things. Clover, dandelion, violets, plantain weed, wood sorrel, wild onion, and garlic mustard. For me it is very pretty.
I am a big fan of a clover lawn. It doesn’t spread underground though. It reseeds itself with its flowers. You have to let the flowers go to seed, or you have to overseed now and then.
great info as always!!! thanks for sharing!!
agreed
My yard has lots of clover. Problem is we (people and dogs) are all getting stung. I'm going to have to figure this out for next year.
Great video ✌🏻 I always learn something new thank you 😁
Your awesome! Great information thank you!
fine explanation
In my area of Australia keeping the grass mown down to acceptable levels is mandatory because of a: fire and b: snakes. Something that doesn’t need mowing would be so much easier!
Clover #1 👍 🎥🤓
appreciate you sharing the info, I'll have to see if clover can stand Florida summer, does it reseed? Also I don't want to feed the, already obnoxious, squirrels - thinking they'd love it.
I buy 10# of seed every year. I sow it midwinter in the midwest.
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My family lived in a home in Massachusetts from the 1880s and the whole backyard was always mixed clover & grass and I always though those really square thick grass laws look weird, like don’t sit on me. I just added a ton of clover to the lawn ti hopefully curb some erosion
Here in Salt Lake City, I love clover and have a bunch of medium-size Dutch clover. I experience two "gotchas": (a) It's less drought-resistant than most of my grasses (contrary to your experience). (b) It's less resistant to traffic than most of my grasses. I never use chemicals, and I wish I had an easy way to reduce the dandelions, which tend to take over everywhere.
Dandelions are there to raise up calcium. Give your lawn calcium. Ashes are a high percentage of calcium.
Many people don't realize that several forms of clover have edible blossom heads, edible new leaves, and the roots can be edible, too (slow cooking is often best) with a bean sprout/bean thread like flavor and texture. Over in the Pacific Northwest, our main native (red) clover is a forageable food source...but it grows at least knee high, and definitely isn't micro clover!
I like to make tea from the red clover buds or simply add it to my salad.
It is a wonderful plant!
super info....my yard is weeds, stickers, abused, no one took care of it...I will look for micro cover and other clovers..there is something about inoculated clover...is that super important Ariel? if you know, .thanks Ariel, thumbs up
Inoculated seed just adds the symbiotic bacteria that thrive with that clover variety along with the seeds. If you have a really dead chemically destroyed area, that's probably helpful. If you have a wide range of bacteria already thriving in your soil, it shouldn't matter so much.
I have clover in my garden, the large and the small variety, it covers well, my problem is the long variety isnt really where I would want it but if i let it grow is is very pretty
We have a ton of clover in our yard and in our fields.
Hi Arial, I dislike cutting grass and as I am getting more mature 😉 even less I have planted creeping thyme in my lawn. I live in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario not too far from me, there is a cemetery that is basically wall to wall creeping thyme. It is beautiful with the purple flowers and it never needs to be cut. That is what I liked about the thyme not to mention the lovely smell when you walk on it, however I never thought of micro clover I wonder if I could combine the two? As for Burley I was starting to get worried not seeing him and there he pops out from under the house. It was like ok enough attention if front of the camera without me. ❤ your videos,. God bless. 🍁
Hi, Don't you have any plans to add a downstairs room to your tiny home now that the land belongs to you?
Nope. See some of our plans here - ruclips.net/video/YxqLmx8UtBw/видео.html
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Thanks! They are done by 14 hours a day, almost every day, of time working outside in the sunlight at my high elevation. :)
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Burley, who is now really burley, is a great interruption. I am about to seed a patch of garden that I have removed shingles from and will definitely look into micro clover seeds. Purple clover is much better for butterflies, etc than white but grows taller as you say.
I have the kind of lawn that you have which includes clover.
My dad seeded our yard with a lot of small white clover along with the grass that was there. We just had to watch for bees when barefoot!
Just a comment from New Zealand re clover - in pastures that accommodate cattle, clover can cause bloat at certain times of the year. They feast on the new growth, especially in spring, and along with other legumes, it produces gas in the stomach that for ruminants becomes life threatening.
And in lawns it attracts bees so as children we very quickly learn not to run outside in bare feet when it’s flowering. Otherwise more bees is a good thing!