Guys, as the person who started no lawns on Reddit (and here) my yard is a disaster lol. I work outside all day and the last thing I want to do when I get home is yard work. That being said, I removed a bunch of invasives from my yard Monday and I’m working on a plan to tackle a corner of my yard the way I’ve always wanted to in NoLawns style with native plants. I’m always open to suggestions for the Chicago area!
I guess it depends on where you are in Chicagoland, but if possible, you could burn your lawn. Much of the Chicago area should be a burr oak savanna . It’s a fire-adapted prairie ecosystem. You could buy seed, but honestly, there’s plenty of ways to get seed from native plants living in local ditches, waysides, and parks.
Yeah I think if I just start looking up natives and identifying them that could make for a fun hobby too as well as collecting seeds.