Originally Posted by
swordwhale
Grass is pointless unless you're feeding livestock (I have two geriatric mustangs who are eating most of my smallish property, what's not pasture is hay field). I've let the backyard grow up into a meadow (and planted a couple more natives back there), planted trees in the small front yard (I can run a slalom around them when I mow) and vegetables (especially squash, it's easy to grow) along the edges. This creates habitat for everything from birds to bunnies to the hawks that eat them, to foxes, raccoons and opossums. I burn less gas mowing (yes, I have to use a lawn tractor, I can no longer push a mower).