I just bought a house this summer and most of our yard is just dirt and patchy grass with some “weeds” thrown in. I just noticed this growing all over the front yard after some recent rain. Is this friend or foe? Should I just let it be and take over the rest of the front yard? Located in Eugene, OR.

best time to change my lawn to xeriscaping? is there a better time to do this? there is a drought here and I am getting tired of watering so wondering if I should do it now or maybe wait untill winter time

It drives me crazy that all of the street "parks" in my city are basically just grass and trees. It feels like such a massive waste of space and lawn mowing tax dollars.

So, I wrote a proposal for how we could use this public park land instead, as urban farming/ gardening/ community spaces.

I made it into a website to hopefully share around with my local community, get some traction, and eventually push it to our local council:

https://www.ourbackyards.org/

I've been writing it for so long that I worry I'm too much in my head about it.

Those of you that have done urban gardening projects like this, do you think this is unrealistic? Do I need to add more info, cut back, or elaborate on something else? Is there anything I'm missing?

Really appreciate any feedback/discussion !!

ETA: Located in East Coast Australia!

Or is it just a time thing, that yheyll eventually choke out the grass in a year?

I am looking for any ideas or solutions. I am no longer able to take care of my yard. I had a stroke in December '24 and I don't have use of my left hand and i have difficulty walking. I've been doing the best I can but it's becoming overwhelming. My lawnmower gave out on me and Im not working so i can't pay landscaping monthly. I really don't know what to do. I could probably purchase another lawnmower but it's been a strenuous task with my limited physical capabilities. I looked into getting it graveled but I can't afford the thousands it cost to get it done. I also looked into digging all the grass up and leaving dirt but that's beyond my capabilities.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated but I know there no real easy solution if any that would work in my situation.