My neighbours and I have noticed a strange side effect of the infestation of thyme on local lawns. Dogs will walk great lengths to not do their business in areas where there is more thyme than grass. We assume it is the odour that dissuades them.
My lawn, sadly, is almost all grass and weeds. Very little thyme. That is because it was pretty much entirely plowed in and reseeded when we built the new house 6-7 years ago.
I'm actually looking forward to having my lawn inevitably re-infested with thyme. It only grows a couple of inches high, is soft on bare feet, has a nice purple colour, smells nice if you scuff your feet and of course, if I get a new dog, he or she will go across to my nearest neighbours lawn to do their thing because his is even a newer lawn than mine.
