[grantith]

Kill your lawn and let the native plants take over.

[raydev]

I'd rather not get a bunch of ticks while walking to my door.

[satiric]

If you kill the lawn, won't the invasive plants take over?

[duskdozer]

Even if they were going to, you could just seed it with some native, low-growing "groundcover": clovers, fescues, whatever is in your area.