Beginner Gardening: Using alfafa as groundcover?, 1 by allenbar

allenbar wrote:
We moved to a dry farm area in E. Washington. Entire area is clay. Tried 2 years to grow lawn without success. We have many noxious weeds and are unable to control them. However, there are several areas in our yard where alfafa grows. It controls the growth of the noxious weeds. When the snow melts in spring the alfafa is beautifuly green and ready to go.

The alfafa grows willingly without water and requires no care except for mowing. It allows no weeds to grow under it because of it's density. Compared to old established lawns in town the alfafa in my yard is lush and beautiful while their's is just coming out of winter.

Question: Has anyone heard of using alfafa as a lawn? I'm considering giving up on a traditional lawn and just planting the entire yard in alfafa. When mowed it is beautiful and dense. No watering!

This would elimiminate many hours of pulling and spraying weeds...only to have them all come back again.

Any comments would be great.