Hello Friends!
The Merrie Merrie Month of May is nearly spent, and I took part in No Mow May, a conservation project that began in the UK, but which is now gathering global momentum. You can read about it HERE if you wish to do so.
So, in a nutshell, it's all about not mowing your lawn for the entire month to allow beneficial conditions for small wildlife and insects to have a chance to breed and feed as the world moves into late spring.
It wasn't a hardship to not mow for a month, but it's going to be a push to get the mower through the first time!
Here's some of what I've recorded:
Some grasses and plantain
Daisies and Buttercup
Hawkbit
Naturally, there are Dandelions
and the one that makes me happiest of all ~
Milkmaid's Smock
I found one growing in my lawn a few years ago, and cautiously mowed around it for weeks, the following year there were two or three, then last year none, but this year it's back in profusion, and maybe eighteen plants. I am finding it everywhere I turn! I am thrilled.
It is a valuable food source for one of my favourite butterflies, the Orange Tip.
What are you doing to help and encourage wildlife, especially bees, in your garden? You can be Bee and Wildlife Friendly even if you only have a window box, or a few pots on a balcony.
