I want to transform our front garden to a no-lawn zone.
Over the last few years, I have very rarely cut - just 2 - 3 times per year manually by scythe (hope this is the right word; english is not my first language). But unfortunatelly the grass seems to be way too strong and suppresses almost everything I hoped would come up.
I would love to gradually replace all grass with lower plants, like violets, veronica, ajuga, primula and even moss. The goal is to have a blooming area for wildlife where we can still put up a tent once or twice during summer or have the accasional barbecue with friends.
Probably important to mention that this garden is in southern germany.
Do you have any suggestions how to go about getting rid of most of the grass and replacing it with plants and moss? Preferably without needing to rip everything out alltogether down to pure soil.
Should I maybe manually rip out some of the grass and try putting out seeds? Or try putting in established seedlings that I germinate inside the house?
I once read that Rhinanthus can weaken grass, so maybe I could try to establish that?
Thank you so much in advance. Any tipps are highly appreciated!
