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What to do with an acre of grass
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Put a fence around it and label it a local insect and wildlife habitat.
It's low effort and you get self-righteous environmental points.
I would do this, specifically for pollinators (i.e. honeybees, hummingbirds, butterflies, bats). They co-habitate fairly well and vertebrate pollinators help keep insect pest populations under control.
A nice bonus would be to add a sizeable water feature to encourage dragonfly growth. Of course, this all depends on the geography.
Unfortunately things are not that easy. At least in western europe, if you let a patch of land sit there for decades, it will eventually turn into a forest. While forests are nice, they are not necessarily the most biodiverse places.
Some regular destruction of plants (mowing, animals grazing, etc) is beneficial for biodiversity.