Grass alternatives? Ground covers?

[WeedFreak78]

I want to get rid of the grass in most of my yard. I'm (slowly) turning it all into edible gardens and don't want small areas of grass I need to keep maintaining. I've been taking it down to dirt regularly with a weed whacker but that's getting old. What can I plant that'll overtake the grass, but stays low, something maintenance free. I was thinking something like clover maybe? If it was something I could harvest and compost, even better. I'm zone 5 in full sun. Any edible ground covers I should look at?

 

[SouthCross]

Plant rocks over a layer of weed prevention fabric. There's really nothing that can over take grass and not be a bigger problem itself. It's usually grass that chokes out other sprouts and seedlings. That's why Saint Augustine is popular. When it takes over, it'll crowd other plants out of growing space.

Other ravenous plants that would take over grass but only in spots. Is honey suckle. It'll kill trees next to it and nothing grows under the ground level vines. It chokes off light.

 

[Jimmyjonestoo]

Honey suckle is very invasive. I wouldn't recommend planting it anywhere near a veggie garden.

 

[ROOSTERMAN]

I would check your area's code's first, dont want issues with the neighbors or town

Mints, wintergreen, crimson clover, chamomile, skullcap, are all reliability low growing .

Jerusalem artichokes, parsnips, goodking henery, razberrys, gooseberrys blueberrys ect. ect.
https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/product/clover-crimson-trifolium-incarnatum-cover-crop-seed-organic-2/

 

[a senile fungus]

MOSS!

Tons of videos and instructionals on how to grow moss. Most people seem to blend moss with buttermilk and sulfur and spray it or paint it on stuff and moss will grow there. No need to cut the moss, barely needs water if any, no feeding it, its soft to walk on, looks cool, low maintenence, yeah... I've been looking into it lately lol

 

[chemphlegm]

creeping charly has worked well for us

 

[WeedFreak78]

I would check your area's code's first, dont want issues with the neighbors or town

Mints, wintergreen, crimson clover, chamomile, skullcap, are all reliability low growing .

Jerusalem artichokes, parsnips, goodking henery, razberrys, gooseberrys blueberrys ect. ect.

I don't really care, no one's going to stop me from doing what I want with my land, unless they want to start supplementing my income for food and landscaping upkeep, then they can, somewhat, dictate what I do. Otherwise they can off. I've already chased the building inspector away a couple times for doing " random inspections", which are illegal. They can't go on your property without multiple citizen complaints our a police complaint. They hate that I know the law