Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden!
This suggestion might give some heartburn, but if you would consider a vine, woodbine might work. I inherited some on my property and use it to screen the side of my shed. I keep a watch on it to make sure it doesn't ramble too far but otherwise do no maintenance.
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.