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I didn't replace mine with anything. I just stopped cutting it so now it turns into a field instead. The biodiversity grows by itself every year. You don't really need to do anything to it - nature will take care of that.
You can still cut your lawn and have it be natural. Mine barely has any of its former monoculture and is now mostly clover and other ground cover plants.
But mowing is necessary for me because we have small dogs and the area has several venomous snake species. I keep my mower on the highest setting, though.
Each year my neighbor brags about spending $400 a month on his saint augustine, then asks me what my secret is when my grass is green in the middle of summer and I haven't watered once. He refuses to believe the answer is controlled neglect.
Although I am planning on installing an irrigation system to run using the condensate my HVAC produces, the condensate my Dehumidifier used, and used aquarium water. (I'll divert it from the lawn once I till up a patch for staple crops)
Ah, good. Over here the AC drips into a tube that lead to a nearby banana plant. Better than letting it go to waste