What should Mahogany do about her lawn?

[mahogany]

I'm going to try to convince my dh that we should get rid of our lawn. I've never been a fan, and I've decided that this might be the year that we get rid of it.

I'm thinking of overseeding my lawn with a wildflower mix with flowers that are native to the pacific northwest, with some extra fragrant flowers thrown in.

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[mahogany.livejournal.com]

As you will see when you come to visit, last year I planted some blueberry, some oregon grape (which isn't actually tasty, but it does has some wicked medicinal properties), and some raspberries. This year's project involves heirloom veggies and melons. I have the stuff sitting there waiting to be started, but we need to make the beds first. Our backyard is south facing, and perfect for growing veggies. The problem is that previous owners' idea of landscaping was lawn and bark mulch. So everywhere we don't have lawn, we have bark mulch. Seriously, what the hell? Since the areas that have bark mulch don't have any foot traffic, we're building planters.

I was reading about the wild flowers, and yeah, it's not easy. There's a spot in the back where I can't really plant much because it backs onto the alley, and it's just bark mulch over concrete (gag!). I think I'll have my hands busy with the other areas, that I won't be able to handle more veggies, so I'm hoping to have the energy to experiment with wildflowers there to see how they would look. I would choose only low growing varieties that have mounding habits to make it look more groomed. Other things that I was considering for the front are low creeping thyme, which will smell amazing, or non-flowering chamomile which will also smell amazing. I briefly considered corsican mint, but I think our front gets too much sun, ironically enough.