You also don't have to transition the whole yard in one go. He's been widening the borders by significant amounts every year, adding islands of bushes or flowers, and still mowing the rest but less often.

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You also don't have to transition the whole yard in one go. He's been widening the borders by significant amounts every year, adding islands of bushes or flowers, and still mowing the rest but less often.
We had the same issue in central TexasTwo houses/states ago, we were told if we did not water the lawn we would lose the foundation of our house because the ground would shift that much. Having seen the massive cracks the dried clay left at the parks in town, I believe it. I don't think it was just that the soil was clay. i think it was the type of clay plus the wet winters and hot, dry summers. Possibly also the steep hills but the ground at the parks split wide open even on the flat areas so I don't know about that.