How America got ADDICTED to Lawns [12:21]

As a kid, I loved having a big lawn (and yes, I mowed it). As an adult, no way.

Depends what you’re going for, but the most environmentally beneficial would be a mix of native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees. A pure clover lawn is still a monoculture like a grass lawn so it’s not as good for pollinators.

I moved into a house with a poorly maintained yard that was mostly dead 5 years ago. Threw some clover, grass and thyme seeds all over the lawn and started watering it. Some natural stuff will just pop up if there's water and mix in. I planted some pollinator gardens and some fig trees in several spots in the yard and mostly just try to water enough for them and the mix of stuff growing as my "grass" looks decent year round. Although since it's not uniform it grows at different rates and looks a bit rufffer if I haven't mowed in too long.

If you have a HOA or city that's quick to give you warnings/fines you have to mow more often than regular grass. After a couple weeks I've got part of my yard that are 6+ inches tall and parts that don't even look like they need to be mowed. Tall grass doesn't get as much attention as that from the Karen's that will report you to the city in my neighborhood.

I don't think it was meant to be a super indepth video, it was a video to inform the average person that lawns aren't what you think they are, and don't have to be just grass. It's a video that is attempting to encourage people to go out and look for alternatives and learn more, not to be the definitive "ALL issues with a lawn" video. Clearly you know more than the average person about this subject, so of course it seems lacking to you, but that's just because you don't necessarily fit the target demographic of the video

It is a rant, OP is spamming their YouTube channel.