Gli inglesi “non dovrebbero tagliare l’erba da giardino questa settimana” – Secondo Expert
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/gardening/brits-shouldnt-cutting-garden-grass-35224380
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Gli inglesi “non dovrebbero tagliare l’erba da giardino questa settimana” – Secondo Expert
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/gardening/brits-shouldnt-cutting-garden-grass-35224380
di Shiny-Tie-126
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That’s what I tell myself when I get too lazy to mow the lawns on the weekend.
I don’t do the whole lawn anymore, I mow the paths we walk, and let the rest go meadow. Looks lush and we always have plenty of wildlife.
Not a big garden, so essential it’s a wiggly path across from the gate to the shed, and one from back door to each.
Just a reminder that local councils are generally leaving their green areas alone at the moment. So if they’re looking a bit rough, it’s not laziness/lack of funding/etc. It’s by design.
Can this so-called expert announce when we can cut our grass please and it might be a good idea to do it during a electricity discount? Discounted day?
this was the advice i ahve been searching for this week , u here that number 88 i dont have to cut my grass this week so f off
No way. My council doesn’t cut the grass so the bees have plenty of other options
Invertebrates are absolutely vital to the health of our ecosystems—so much depends on them, from pollination to food chains. Leaving long grass in May helps them.
Anyone of a certain age will remember driving on summer nights in the UK, headlights thick with flies by journey’s end. That no longer happens because invertebrate populations have plummeted over the past 30 years.
One study suggests a 50% decrease since 2004.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/may/uks-flying-insects-have-declined-60-in-20-years.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354030122_Citizen_Science_for_Quantification_of_Insect_Abundance_on_Windshields_of_Cars_Across_Two_Continents
Semi relevant but we made a switch to a manual mower and its a game changer. No noise, no cables, 1/2 the size of a electric or petrol, is super satisfying to see it glide and we leave the cut grass on top and it has never been healthier.
I’ve not cut the top corner of our garden for 2 years. I’ve let it grow wild, and cut the rest.
It now has all sorts of wildflowers, insects, and birds in there. Even hedgehogs have been in there and are feeding on the bugs. The only effort involved is cutting back the odd stray bit of weed or nettle that falls outside of it, and give it the odd water with the watering can during long dry spells.
I’d highly recommend it if you can do it.
Genuinely one of the coolest things councils started doing is “No Mow May”. Everything is blossoming so much nice and looks more natural.
I’ve discovered that if you don’t cut it at all it dies back in winter all by itself
Too late, I did it the other day. It was getting way too long as it hadn’t been cut since last August.
This needn’t apply to this week alone. Once one comes to actually appreciate the world beyond concrete and ostentatious green wasteland the emptiness of a trimmed lawn becomes apparent.
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Great, can some experts also recommend not doing all of the diy tasks i’ll be expected to do this year too. Thank you experts 🥰
Weather has cooled now so seems an opportune time to cut it. I have an outhouse halfway down the garden though and leave stuff on the other side unattended to, just doing my part for the wildlife lol.
TLDR: just water if at a sensible time of day and it’s fine.
I had to cut our new lawn a couple of nights ago ago, but have just watered it according to the weather.
Sorry experts, would have loved to, but my compost bin needed the nudge, it was looking like a leaf/bark/fern/veggie-peeling storage bin. Left it through April, couldn’t manage all May as well.
If I don’t keep the garden grass short I can’t see where the dog has laid her eggs and nip out to gather them up before the kids run out and play on the lawn
We shouldnt be cutting our garden grass weekly at all. A trimmed lawn is an ecologically dead place. Insects in general are declining. Let it grow. Trim it when you cant walk out of your garden obviously lol
I only cut my front lawn to make the wildflowers bushier – otherwise I let it grow and die naturally..
The amount of bugs, butterflies and bees I get in the front is incredible
It gets done when it gets done tbh
You might be busy in a weeks time or not feel up to it
And thats assuming you do it yourself.. those who bring in someone to do it for them don’t have control over it, as they are fully booked this time of year
At least people actually have a real garden still and not that plastic turf shit (acknowledging some renters have this forced upon them)
We’ve left a curvy unmown strip along the edge of the front garden – I like how it looks, esp as I’ve chucked on some wildflower seed
I feel bad – getting rid of a large amount of pebbles from garden I found a ton of woodlouse, spiders and millipedes underneath in the dirt. They’ve all had to scarper to neighbouring gardens, poor things. Never enjoy enacting my own rendition of The Secret of Nymh 🙁
Will be sure to include proper greenery in the revised plans!
i know there seems to be some hate on here for having a clean cut lawn lacking bio diversity but i do love my stripped lawn we have planted loads of flowers in the boarders though, plus its 100% better than Astroturf that seems to be my generations go to for gardens now 🙁
inshallah may the mainstream media die a painful and excruciating death at the hands of beezlebub
Wish you’d said something this morning. Just in from cutting the bloody lawn
I always hate these articles as they typically are regurgitated multiple times of year with the same few points and some grand title like “expert issues warning to UK households”
It’s pure click farming, with is fairly blatant in this case where you see the source:
> Speaking with SEO specialists Big Fat Links, Jack further imparts wisdom on how to keep your indoor plants happy away from the harsh sunlight.
Typically the same hodge podge of “don’t cut short” , “don’t water in the middle of the day”
Then you almost expect some useful insight on the **”don’t plant anything”** point until you read it
> Jack points out that moving or planting new things puts stress on plants.
> He notes: “People will be planting bedding plants and potted plants for the summer, but they will constantly need attention and watering morning and night.
So his knowledgeable expertise is that if you plant something, especially when it’s hot out, then it will need watering. Which is a rule that typically applies all year round.
I get this is me moaning. But these articles always come across as the most low effort click farming lists with seldom any actually valuable advice. I’d like advice from an ex royal gardener with a bit more substance than “keep plants watered after planting them”
Can I cut the living room and bedroom grass, though?
I promise to leave the garden grass uncut.
Tell that to my rabbits. We need some rain to undo the damage their insatiable appetite has done to the lawn.
Just watched the grounds team at work turn the entire site into a green desert.
Delightful.