Garden Wildlife UK

If I mentioned that David Cameron had a nice back lawn at No. 11 Downing Street and that President Obama had a splendid front lawn at the White House would the bots be all over this site?

Seems not

Oh THAT kind of grass I thought for a brief moment............never mind.

I know I was thinking about putting 'lawns' but I don't think our gardens have lawns as such ok, maybe some do ...

First lawn mow of the season today.

. Mine not ready yet - another 10 days.

Had a look but I think im going to put down moss killer first ,lots of grass being cut about the place.

My lawn had it's first trim of the year today and it quickly became apparent that the moss has had a very good growing season this winter

I copy that - am waiting for The Men to arrive and mow the lawns (sorry, pampas grass ). It's so tufty that it's dangerous, and bouncy, to walk on !!

There has been much advice from wildlife experts to cut down on the frequency of lawn mowing to give the wild flowers a chance which in turn benefits the bees and other insects. I have been putting this into practice and now have a very fine white clover lawn along with other random self seeded flowers. It is attracting the bees as I've seen Honey and Bumbles enjoying it. The thing is where do you draw the line? If I let it go to seed I will have nothing but clover next year and it currently looks very untidy to the uninformed viewer. I'm very sorry flying insects but party time is over as later this week the mower will be unleashed once again!