I let a patch in the backyard grow with grass, clover and other native plants that happened to grow in there. I keep it trimmed and use the cuttings to layer my compost pile.

My parents and neighbour hate it:

As much as they hate it, the bunny crop are coming in nicely and they don't want to pick a fight with the bunnies. The bunnies love it in there, they have safe space to hide but still get to enjoy the sun. It's better than the suburban wasteland of cut-too-short lawns where there's not many places to chill.

In order to make sure my beans survived the first few weeks, I planted so many beans early in the year so at least some would survive to maturity.

I also keep leafy greens and my veggie scraps compost pile in a small gated area and the other stuff has to battle it out in the ungated gardens.

It's going okay so far but things have only recently started to pick up so I'll see where it goes from here.