I know what you mean @MyNewtBoobs.
It seems people place so much importance on having a “nice lawn”, like my neighbours, spending countless hours watering their grass every summer, cutting it when it really doesn’t have to be cut, fertilizing it, etc., and panicking at the very first sight of a dandelion! Lol.
Yet come autumn, all the lawns in our neighbourhood turn an ugly straw yellowish brown, and snow blankets the dead grass until May, then the crazy obsession starts all over again! Sheesh!
I hardly do much with my grass, aside from mowing it, and it still looks as good as the Jones’. What a waste of time and energy they make over their lawns every year!
I should do what my brother did to his lawn——convert it into a beautiful rock garden with hardy wildflowers and falling water. That is certainly more beautiful than an ordinary boring lawn.
I always said grass is like another weed——it’s tough to get rid of and grows rampant even if you left it all alone!
I like the mint idea. And mint repels most bugs too.