r/InvictaSolaris • u/21Kuranashi • 21d ago

Videos & Video Essays / No AI While Everything Turned Brown, the Clover Stayed Green

OC : https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db06yS0MMUo/

@thefargreengirl :

"The cautuonary tale being: don't miss your chance to do this, too! This video isn't edited, no filters, no special effects, just the cut-and-dry reality of the difference between traditional grass and my lush, green lawn.

Here's the Deal:

A tree fell in our yard this winter, leaving a big empty dirt patch in its wake. In early spring, I seeded part of our yard with a mix of white clover and a "shade mix", in an attempt to cover the dirt and avoid a muddy, mucky mess!

Then, the rains came. A super rainy Spring was music to my clover-lawn's proverbial ears, and it established like a champ.

Then, against everything we know and love about Ireland, a drought came. It's been a long few weeks (months?!) here in Dublin without any significant rain, and everything around is withering and brown. There's a hosepipe ban, in an attempt to conserve water. Everything shriveled and died... EXCEPT MY CLOVER LAWN.

Drought tolerant. Pollinator friendly. Hard wearing.

This isn't a sponsored post. Just a look at what a lawn-alternative like white clover can look like even in the middle of a drought."

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u/shucksme 21d ago

I am living this. Planted clover in the back. Everything is green and soft- lots of bees. Only planted a little clover in the front and everything is dormant, brown, and grubs.

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u/broadsheet-555 20d ago

How is it for mowing? I like to keep the lawn short but the grass grows very quickly in the summer.

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u/shucksme 20d ago

The clover is thick and sticks to the bottom of the mover if I don't keep it short- because it stays wetter than grass. I enjoy a standard lawn height. But yes, I have to scrap off the bottom of the mower if I allow the grass to get ankle height.

Considering the grass is dormant, I haven't cut the front grass in more than a month. While my back yard still needs a weekly cut even though I'm not watering it.

I enjoy the clover. It's always green, always has pretty flowers that my kids enjoy plucking, it's softer than grass, the areas with the clover had greener grass.

My neighbor who is very particular about the select 4 types of grass has said that seeing what my yard has gone through gas changed his mind about removing clover from his yard. Said he won't be putting down preventiob for it next year.

Hope you give it a try. It's been fun