Sounds like a great activity for the winter when there’s so planting or garden activities.

Beautiful!!! I love a meadow appearance

The native Self-Heal is definitely taller can go up to a few feet I think.

I know they recommend 3 inches because below that height it can be killed by mowing. Especially if it’s done often. If you are gorilla gardening I think there won’t be consistent mowing.

I know the lawn specific seeds can be cheaper since they are sold in larger sizes. But whatever you have should work I think. Just sow when there is enough rainfall to support sprouting.

If you buy a lawn specific Self Heal like from Flawn I think it’s only a cultivar based on plant height. From my local university recommends it for their Bee Lawn and has an exception in their native plant grant. So I wouldn’t worry about the differences

I have been slowly converting my lawn into a clover lawn and I feel like I have had a similar journey as far as timelines that it takes a few years to get it looking good but I did mine in stages. I also have added Self-Heal which is finally flowering in my lawn after 2+ years of laying seed.

I would suggest that you seed at least yearly until it looks perfect. I do early spring (Early April here is zone 5a) and then early winter (November) because I can see the bald spots where annual weeds hide. I would not add nematodes which seems like a waste of money because they should come naturally with good soil management. Especially if you have a healthy garden beds which are more important than the clover lawn.

We have an uneven lumpy lawn and we spread some sand, top soil, seeds and some compost this spring which has helped that and filled in gaps amazing. So we are going to do that section by section along with aerating this fall.

I like my clover lawn because I can use it and abuse it like a lawn. My dogs and baby love to use it rough. My native gardens beds, vegetable gardens and mixed garden beds are much better for the soil health and pollinators than the lawn. But it’s an easy starting point to add in a little pollinator support.

Some people do consider clover as a weed. Although that has more to do marketing than it’s actual weedy nature. I have a clover lawn and it’s ability to spread seems to be overrated. But if the neighbors apply any herbicides clover will be killed instantly. Even regular fertilizer use slows clover growth

I haven’t done it but I know there a few different easy cheese to make. Mozzarella and cottage cheese are supposed to be simple and don’t require any special temperature control. Ricotta can me made in a few hours as well

It’s a great one

All (most?) liqueurs we’re medicinal products at some point. We just stopped drinking them for health and now just for flavor. They also changed some formulas to make them cheaper / sweeter

Not if you’re French apparently

Elderberry is also a wonderful edible medicinal plant. Their berries are delicious and immune boosting

Even better

My first professional chemistry job had an older lab tech who used to always say when dealing with any acid.

“Do what you oughta, add acid to water”

It’s a fun saying especially because you need to mispronounce a few words to get it to rhyme correctly.

Except the fact we have lots of evidence that native population (which also includes pre-industrial European culture) built sustainable systems which includes altering the environment. Throughout North America there tons of evidence of the use of fire was used. The classic prairie environment of the Oak Savana is only possible through burns and supports a large buffalo population. There’s tons of evidence of strategic cultivation of trees and other plants within the Amazon rainforest that allow people to get food and medicine close by that to the untrained eye looks identical to the rest of the forest.

That being said some of those same people them destroy the same forest via slash and burn agriculture in order to earn a living for cash crops and more traditional agriculture. So profits is a main driver