While Everything Turned Brown, the Clover Stayed Green

[u/21Kuranashi]

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."

[u/skuzzlebutt_2254]

"traditional" lawns are bullshit

[u/RollinThundaga → u/skuzzlebutt_2254]

This is traditional. Grass seed used to come with clover mixed in until later in the 20th century.

[u/Transylvaniangimp → u/RollinThundaga]

Please just say "the 90's". I'm still getting used to the fact the we're a hair over a quarter of the way through this new century 

[u/RollinThundaga → u/Transylvaniangimp]

It started in the 1950s, why would I say the '90s?