[ragnot]

I hate to break it to you but if you don't grow grass then weeds and mud will take over. The weeds bring insects and mosquitos and the mud is well...mud.

Letting leaves kill my grass was a terrible mistake, I'll never make it again.

[emptysongglass]

Why are you monocropping grass?? Plant a meadow. Make hill mounds with grass clippings. Plant a hedgerow.

Seems like we decided arbitrarily on the most destructive form of yard that has secondary effects of causing scientifically proven damage to humans around us with sonic blasts from our leaf blowers.

[bombcar]

Oh sure - you can’t just let it go fallow. You have to strategically decide what to plant that provides adequate ground cover, which is NOT simple.

Now, rake, blow, shake, snow, wait. That’s what grass needs and it is easy and looks good.

Or you go with artificial turf or something similar and that has its own issues.

[beej71]

Back when I had a lawn, I'd mow the leaves into the ground. But maybe that only worked well in that locale? (Now I live in the high desert, so no lawn.)