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I have marauding kids so my lawn is a) fucked and b) frequently trampled, so I tried adding wildflower seeds to the less traffic-heavy areas. The area where I just chucked the seed down nothing grew. I tried another bald patch where I put the seed down and followed up with a light covering of compost, and that area now has a bunch of little flowers on the go. If I was to do it again I think I would give the lawn a good mow first (as allergic as I am to mowing, both literally and metaphorically), before seeding and composting.
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Has anyone tried sowing wildflowers into their lawn? My lawn is a bit of a mess after a winter of wet and neglect and a dry spring. Despite much overseeding and patching up it's still pretty thin and patchy. Decided I'm not a fan of golf club lawns anyway and to give some mini-meadow action a try. Hoping the wild flower seed I ordered turns up while we're enjoying the rain so I can get it it sowed. Anyone else tried this?