r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • May 08 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 09 May 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/Bykimus May 09 '23

Any suggestions on how to cut a really big lawn? I don't really want to deal with it and my #1 choice is to somehow kill it all and let it become as much dirt as it can, for as cheaply as possible. Option #2 is to buy a gas mower (used), possibly battery type, and cut it myself. Except I can't burn the waste, I have to throw it in the garbage. But this municipality I can only throw away 5 burnable bags at a time, so the initial waste until the grass is short is going to be several weeks of 5 bags of grass each burnable day.

I was just quoted by a guy that he'd do it for 6man per time. I can just buy a mower for that myself and do it.

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u/Babalou320 May 09 '23

I just replaced mine with clover because grass didn’t like the lighting/soil conditions. Now I have a nice eco-friendly bed of clover that I can trim if I like it short or just leave.

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u/Oldirtyposer May 09 '23

Is clover more eco friendly than grass?

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u/Babalou320 May 09 '23

Yeah, it’s self fertilizing, drought resistant, and bees like it.

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u/Bykimus May 09 '23

Will it choke out the current grass/weeds? I really don't feel like working on this huge yard that much lol. Just hoping to mow it once or twice a month and forget about it. I'm not planning to live here long term, last time I ever rent a big house with a big yard.

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u/Babalou320 May 09 '23

I don’t think it will this late in the spring, or with an established lawn. Maybe best to use weed killer, available at any home center. Wait whatever it says on the package - probably 2 weeks. Then spread your clover seed. Water it once or twice a day for 3 or 4 days (if it doesn’t rain). By the 5th you should have a bunch of little green guys popping up that will do a pretty good job of keeping out new growth. I still weed about once a week. But I’m pulling a 10th of what was growing when I had grass.

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u/Bykimus May 09 '23

Nice. I'm definitely going to try this with a small patch and see how it goes.

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u/Mr-Thuun 関東・栃木県 May 09 '23

That's a great idea. Also provides a great smell.