I'm fascinated with this idea but don't know how to apply it practically. We own 9 acres that are mostly pasture and some dense tree areas. In the pasture areas there are sporadic trees that are 1'-2' high that we planted in the past 2-3 years, in other areas plenty of Sweetgums and Cedars, and a few Oaks coming up (I live in Mississippi). I was just letting most of the land "go" with trails through it all, and a regular lawn area close to the house.
It looked kind of strange having a lawn that ended abruptly turning into a
5' high weedy area. Mostly it was turning to blackberry and thorny vines, and then eventually honeysuckle that strangled everything. I can show you honeysuckle vines I saved that were 2" in diameter that literally cut oak saplings in half. There was also a tremendous fire danger in the fall and winter when all the sedge (sage?) grass turned dry. Not knowing what else to do, last month I went full bore and bush-hogged everything except for the trees which I flagged beforehand. It looks ok now, but I dread the idea of doing that all summer; that was a bear to cut through.Without buying goats or cows, what other way is there to maintain such an area except for cutting it like 1 big ole yard? I'm all for reducing my mowing time.
-- Cheers! Duke