@vicfroh It doesn't have to be all bad. We have a ¼ acre of lawn. We use no fertilizer, we don't water it - just let it go brown for a couple monthes in summer. We use a battery-powered mower in the mulching mode, recharged with green energy. It's great exercise!We have several bird species that love it, bees that make use of the clover and other blossoms and the occasional army of crows marching in formation as they eat the larvae we get every so often. Our dogs also love it as a playground.