Well, not really. More of a “lazy-faire” *heh* approach to lawn care.
For some few years now, I’ve let about 1/3 of the back yard go more or less natural. Oh, a large section gets string trimmed to whack down any grass and weeds sticking above the “yard vine” I’ve been trying to encourage to spread (it’s working! :-)), and the “possum grape” vines sometimes threaten to choke things out (not a bad thing, since I almost always have some to pull down, cut back and use to make some fine charcoal out of the woody remains :-)), but one particular joy has been “The Boys’ corder.”
Before The Boys (Son&Heir’s dogs) ran off to dog heaven (RIP, guys!), I really encouraged the grape vine to grow over the fencing in the SW corner of the yard. Yeh, it provided a visual shield from the view of a neighbor’s large storage shed, but it also provided some great shade for The Boys in the dog days of summer. After they were gone, I just continued weed whacking that corner to cut down grass and weeds but took moderate care to NOT cut down anything that looked interesting like. . .
Been keeping an eye on our volunteer hollyhock for a couple of years now. It finally bloomed just recently.
Unfortunately, since we have city neighbors, we can’t let things go au naturel. Shame, because that and paving everything are my best gardening skills. 🙂
*heh* Well, technically we are “city” folk. . . for values of “city” that include under 2,000 residents and include a few folks with backyard (small) livestock, front yard gardens, etc. Our back yard isn’t overgrown, just has “alternative groundcover” and a “native garden” with wildflowers (out volunteer daffodils are also a joy. . . as are our wild onions and garlic, which I faithfully mow/weed eat around. . . along with mowing around our delightful and delicious dandelions. 🙂 Front yard is, sadly, a bit more traditional. . . except for the tomatoes, tomatillos, herbs and peppers in the box garden in front of the porch, that is.