u/Holiday-Ad7262

I am in the process of removing oxalis pes caprae from a small strip of my yard. Of course now in summer they are invisible and I have just bare dirt. The soil contains a lot of clay and some areas are very hard. In order to keep the soil alive and improve it I would like to plant something. I already planted a few California poppies that I grew from seed and have a few more I will plant. I was wondering what other suggestions you might have for plants I could plant just for this summer. I will probably have to remove them again next rainy season to combat the oxalis :(

Curious about this group's opinion. What is worse:

1. A front yard which is all lawn.

2. A front yard which is all weed fabric with mulch on it and no plants growing.

Adding some more context to the question.

I have seen people replacing front lawns with weed fabric and mulch in my town. The lawns were not maintained before neither is the mulch after. To me it seems just leaving it alone would be the better choice in this situation.

Hi, we have mostly California natives in our front yard. On one side a huge Jerusalem sage is growing which I don't like and want to remove. Any thoughts on whether it would be an issue planting a lemon tree in its spot? The front yard is on the west of the house and gets a decent amount of sun. The location is Berkeley CA.

I often hear the argument that lawns are not useful for pollinators or other wildlife.

The observation I made on my lawn is that I constantly have birds in it. They clearly find something useful probably earthworms.

Our backyard is fairly small. Maybe around 1k sqft. The lawn is maybe 3/4 of that and I am shrinking it slowly adding flowers and fruit trees. We also have a huge probably native pine tree growing in the corner and a vegetable garden. The reason for having / keeping the lawn is for kids to play on. Irrigation is kept to a minimum to keep it just about green, fertilizer is organic herbicides are not used. We get a lot of wildlife in the yard. Is this lawn really such a big issue?