I've never heard of it. Sounds like a great idea.
I live on acreage and have pretty gardens around out house but no lawns.
Grasses start growing in the late winter when we get rain, and it keeps growing in the spring. That time of year, our countryside is green.
In spring, there are large patches of lupins, California poppies, but there are many other wild flowers, too. Some wild plants are low growing and have tiny but pretty flowers.
We wait until the grasses turn golden and the wild flowers go to seed in early summer after the rains have ended. Then is time for our once a year chore of weed whacking the tall grass around our house, along our 1/2 mile long driveway and the front of our property along the road. That's usually around the end of May and beginning of June.
After the grasses have been trimmed there is no need to do it again until the next year.
Birds, bugs and animals thrive in the natural habitat that has never been altered by humans. They explore our gardens, too. I love the diversity. We have to protect against deer. Voles and ground squirrels can be a problem at times. Birds thrive on seeds and insects. I love providing flowering bushes for bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
So we have a "mow May", but the rest of the year we only have to weed our gardens.
My house is near thousands of acres of open space and dairy farms, so not mowing my very small lawn (10'x30') isn't going to make any difference. What does make a difference is the small stand of coast redwood trees in the backyard, which provides habitats for a number of wildlife species that have a much harder time finding a familiar habitat.
We now have owls, blue and stellar jays, red-winged blackbirds, squirrels, finches, raccoons, and a number of other creatures that are common to redwood forests that have found my stand of trees and stop by on their travels.
None of the above, really. We have gardeners contracted to mow the lawns in the complex. Shame, as there are loads of self-sown flowers growing round the edges.
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Good that no one mowed the stones.
We didn't have that in the US, though we probably should have. Most grass was mowed too low so that, with the high temperatures and lack of rainfall, most grass is now brown, dormant or dying.
My garden is quite wild due to laziness but it really does make a huge difference to the wildlife.
Birds are very active in my garden and seem to particularly like the cover on the border, I think they may even have a nest in there.
I injured my right shoulder at work about a month ago, and consequently pull starting my lawnmower is next to impossible right now. As a result I've involuntarily participated for the month of June. Luckily my lawn is mostly micro clover and creeping charlie that stays pretty short so it doesn't look entirely unkept.
Yes also took part in Thatch Thursday.
It’s amazing what you find nesting there.
England is just a socialist state now. They tell you when you can stand or sit, mow grass and can't. What you can and can't say. How you can dress. I can't believe anyone with a mind or self respect could stay in that country.
y'all ain't gonna bring back John Lennon no matter what you do, but I'm sure the other Beatles appreciate it.
Yes I even let my pubes grow to help the environment. Got mad crabs 🦀 growing down there
Here comes bugs, spiders and things
No, I want a nice looking lawn.
Yepp
You sure they were talking about lawn in yard? 🙂
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