Seeding a bare area with clover

I am deeply aware of "what the neighbors must think of us", so when I noticed the weeds creeping out from under our fence onto the sidewalk, I had to fix that area.
My fix was to pull the weeds and sprinkle clover seed into the area. Simply pulling the weeds would not have been good enough. More would grow.
As Lee Reich says, "Nature abhors a vacuum, and so should you". Nature will populate any bare area with plants, and they will most likely be weeds. I decided to choose what she populated this area with by seeding clover.
Ok, so I have accepted that Nature covers bare spots with plants, but I never thought about why until I started noticing that as I pulled out the weeds, insects and worms went skittering. These plants were their home. Nature covers herself with plants to make homes for her little bugs.
Back to clover. Here are the benefits:

• You can just sprinkle it on an area, no need to bury
• It fixes nitrogen--adds nutrients to the soil
• It looks uniform and nice
• It provides nectar for insects
• When you want to plant something else there, just smother the area with cardboard

It's a great idea as a homeowner to just keep a bag of clover seed around. Make sure the seeds are untreated. No sense making your soil worse with chemicals.
Here are a few tips on doing it.

Clear the area. put weeds on a tarp for easy cleanup.

use overgrown grasses for mulch

Sprinkle seed, pack it in with your foot, spread grass clippings on top for moisture retention

You'll need to water the area a little bit every day, just to keep the soil surface moist.

And there you have it! Have fun making stupid areas into nice beds of clover!