[silisili]

Not OP, but here was my yard a few years ago. I never planted any, it just spread itself I guess. Very beautiful and attracted bumble bees and rabbits. Apologies for the quality, cheap Android cam 4 years ago, zoomed in at that.

https://ibb.co/nsB7fFT

[QuarterReptile]

When I see a picture like this, I wonder what everyone else is doing. This picture would be the result of extreme lawn care at my house...

I normally don't cut the grass until it's long enough that I can pick the flowers there and bring them inside (monthly?)

[silisili]

In that particular city, monthly wouldn't fly. The grass would be nearly 8 inches to a foot tall, which means mice, snakes, mosquitoes, ticks, you name it.

Though it's really just the grass and dandelions that grow tall. If I had my way, I'd kill all the grass and just throw out wild violets and clover. So much prettier, and requires way less maintenance.

[chris_va]

Bunnies can keep the grass quite short.

[kansface]

Rabbits don’t mow the lawn, they chew holes into it.

[tharkun__]

I move the guinea pig run across our lawn. Once they've cut it down "enough" I move it, so that it overlaps slightly. The wild bunnies do help. It's funny when they look at each other. Cavies inside the run, bunny outside, all of them chewing.

[tlavoie]

With chickens inside, this would be called a "chicken tractor." We have chickens, but they free-range for the most part, until they're locked out of the garden. They don't chew the grass, but do eat lots of other things. (And some plants, hence being locked out the garden for summer.)

[QuarterReptile]

We have very few rabbits around me. I've heard it's because the nearby golf course provides space for foxes. Otherwise I imagine they'd struggle with all the backyard fences.

My real goal is to provide a maximally inhospitable environment for cockroaches of all sizes.

[dbrgn]

I don't have any clover here, but lots of flowers. We usually wait with the first cut in spring until the flowers are mostly gone. They displace grass unfortunately, but look very nice, and insects love them. https://i.imgur.com/sbqhEYt.jpeg

[silisili]

That is really nice, thanks for sharing.

Currently in the process of finding a house, and specifically avoiding HOAs. They'd never let something like this fly, which IMO should be illegal(not your yard, rules banning something like your yard).

[dbrgn]

I rent, but the homeowner doesn't care. We're three parties in the house, one neighbour doesn't care either, and the other neighbour's wife is sad if we cut the flowers :)

[spikej]

Wow! Do you happen to know what flowers you've got planted there? I would love to do similar. So far I've been doing lots of clover and putting in crocus bulbs randomly.

[dbrgn]

I didn't plant them, they grow like crazy and destroy the grass :D I don't know what they're called, but I could try one of those plant identification apps. Check back in a few days, I'll try to post a comment if I find out more.

[dbrgn]

Ah, I think they're of the genus Primula ("Primeln" in German).

[spikej]

Thanks!

[D13Fd]

This looks like a completely normal yard everywhere I’ve lived in the northeast U.S.