Clover fixes nitrogen in the soil, feeds the pollinators, stays green in sun or shade, winter or summer, smells wonderful when you cut it, and is tolerant of foot traffic. It used to be a standard component of lawns, until companies started making broad-leaf herbicides, and couldn't keep from killing the clover, so they painted it as a villain instead. Or so says the research I've done as I've looked into getting away from a monoculture lawn. I don't mind having some patches of grass, but I don't want it to be the only thing out there, cause it doesn't really feed anything except the japanese beetle larvae, from what I've read.
Clover's biggest appeal for me? Supposedly it will choke out other weeds, once it's established well enough. I'm planting it in my beds as a groundcover, and in the bare and/or weedy spots of my lawn, and in my wildlife area. If I'd had some on hand, I'd have sprinkled it over the detritus I shifted to those spots behind the shed, but it can wait. It's $20 for 5lbs at my feed store over by the office.
I hate assembling things -- it usually takes 2 ppl to be painless, and I'm only one person. My dogs are useless at helping with things like that.
