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I'd love to plant a lot more here but our soil is shit, I will first need tohave dump truck loads of good soil brought in and spend thousands on a water collection system. And, I know how much time gardening takes. Time I just don't have at this point in life.

You could get some clover seed and put that down. Clover improves the soil it grows in (it fixes nitrogen in the soil) and is pretty hardy even in bad soil.

Gardening is only really time intensive if you want it to be. If you plant appropriately for your climate you won't need to do much watering.

You all would have to know my soil, Iowa clay, and our weather. Some years we have an over abundance of rain and the soil is boot sucking horse shoe removing slimmey mud. Other years, like last year, we go through an intensely dry hot summer that even kills some native trees and leaves huge bottomless cracks all over the yard.

The clay is regional. Farmers, the smart ones, don't plant it. At best it's for hay and/or pasture.