We are trying lawn alternatives to see what will thrive with little intervention and maintenance. The clovers survived the deep freeze much better than the St Augustine grass (I hate St Aug and am not sad to see it go). I am trying some creeping thyme in one of the bare patches to see if it will take and hold. It does need to stay moist until it has germinated, and I am terrible at remembering where I’ve seeded what, so I used the technology at my fingertips to snap a picture and mark it up so I had record of where I need to water.