/diy/ - Do It Yourself

There's a big portion of my backyard I have no use for and there's zero chance I'll ever want to use that land in the future for agriculture or whatever, all I want is not having to cut all the fucking tall vegetation every summer to keep neighbors from bitching and avoid getting into legal trouble. What's the cheapest and easiest way to prevent any shit from growing in a permanent manner? I've noticed the one part of the backyard where shit doesn't grow like crazy are around some ancient pig/chicken pens where the ground seems to have been covered with some hard dirt like clay or something. Would that be the answer? Cover everything in clay? Or is there a better option?

Also, I would rather not poison the soil unless I really have to.

Is there a welder in the show?