I don't understand why a lot of people have a lawn in the first place, most don't even use the lawn (besides mowing it on a regular basis hahaha)!
Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
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Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#12We kept batches of flowering grass in our garden for bees.
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#13Maybe I have slow growing grass. I mow every three weeks, and I feel like my neighbors do it every two. I thought weekly mowing was something mostly only seen in fictional portrayals of American fathers.
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#14Regardless of whether I mowed 0.5, 1.0, or 2.0 times per week, my lawn already has no “lawn flowers”, aka weeds.
We keep some milkweed along one fence and have a bed of local wildflowers along the roadway and a vegetable garden for the bees, but this article is about increasing lawn flowers/weeds rather than directly about mowing frequency.
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#15My lawn would be so long if I mowed every other week. It would also be extremely bad for my lawn (fescue with KBG and rye). I mow about twice a week and keep my lawn at 3” - 4”. I like it a bit longer. If I let it grow for 2 weeks I’d be chopping off 50% or more of its length which puts the lawn under so much stress. It would be wide open for disease and it would actually be wasting water.
this attitude, generally, is why we're never going to solve climate change
"It seems they created lawns of unsustainable crops that allegedly had aesthetic appeal, and then proceeded to maintain these crops until they ran out resources and all went extinct."
-some alien archeologist in 1000 years
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#16Now here’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make!
Funny thing is, staying in bed every other day would also help the bees, if everybody did it.
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#17"I can't mow this week wife, think of the bees." Thanks science.
Bad approach to life. My advice is to either learn to love things that have to be done (and frequently like mowing) or pay someone to do it. Life’s too short. Lawn is really fascinating when you get into it.
OK, but can't you learn to love bees, too? I am not even half joking.
The fascination with lawns, and everything that comes with it, is something I could never get. Flowers might not be manly enough but why not grow trees and/or produce? Not talking commercial efforts. Just a hobby. One that doesn't involve horrible motorized mowers, water waster, and what have you.
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#18Maybe I have slow growing grass. I mow every three weeks, and I feel like my neighbors do it every two. I thought weekly mowing was something mostly only seen in fictional portrayals of American fathers.
It depends on your climate and grass. In MA (where this study was), many cool season grasses can grow well over an inch per week in the mid-May and late-September windows. (Turf type tall fescue can grow over two inches per week in those windows.)
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#19Would someone with access say how short they were mowing?
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#20It would also cut the number of interrupted Zoom meetings due to noise pollution in half.
Another reason for textual chat meetings with URLs, #hashTags, @atTags, an agenda at the top, headings, and a prepared, accessible transcript!