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did you receive any complaints?
Complaints? Unless he lives in a HOA, what right does anybody have to complain?
When has that ever stopped anyone from complaining?
Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
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Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
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America, the place where one of the cheapest team sports on the planet (real football) is too expensive to be played by poor people and one of the most abundant weeds in temperate climates is too expensive...
It's the seeds you need to buy that are expensive!
Ok, but if we're talking about a plant that's available in abundance in many, many regions of the world, why are the seeds so expensive?
Do you have to milk clover seeds on the 3rd full moon after the 2nd Sunday after the Summer Solstice, in front of 2 dancing bears and 4 white bats?
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
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How hot is it there and how much does it rain? I grew up in Idaho, where in the summer it'd get to 42-44C relatively regularly. And there was at most 200mm of precipitation a year. Most of the grass in my parents' neighborhood was Kentucky Bluegrass. Mowing the lawn weekly was something that happened to help a bit with water retention. My dad always insisted on mowing every 4 days though.
Where I live is subtropical, and there are times in summer where the grass seems to grow tall overnight. For the rest of the year you can get away with mowing every two or three weeks to keep it under control. It's the striving for constant perfection that bothers me, instead of just waiting till it needs to be cut. I know these people probably enjoy it and have a lot of pride in a manicured lawn. I just want to live…
I cant really call Brisbane subtropical, Townsville is brownsville, so this means cairns, darwin, weipa or charters.
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
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I don't have any clover here, but lots of flowers. We usually wait with the first cut in spring until the flowers are mostly gone. They displace grass unfortunately, but look very nice, and insects love them. https://i.imgur.com/sbqhEYt.jpeg
Wow! Do you happen to know what flowers you've got planted there? I would love to do similar. So far I've been doing lots of clover and putting in crocus bulbs randomly.
I didn't plant them, they grow like crazy and destroy the grass :D I don't know what they're called, but I could try one of those plant identification apps. Check back in a few days, I'll try to post a comment if I find out more.
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
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Wow! Do you happen to know what flowers you've got planted there? I would love to do similar. So far I've been doing lots of clover and putting in crocus bulbs randomly.
I didn't plant them, they grow like crazy and destroy the grass :D I don't know what they're called, but I could try one of those plant identification apps. Check back in a few days, I'll try to post a comment if I find out more.
Ah, I think they're of the genus Primula ("Primeln" in German).
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
#276Last year I mowed only 2 or 3 times in the whole year because my automower died and I wanted to try what happens. The increase in insects and birds was incredible. I therefore do not repair or replace the mower. Instead I only regularly mow paths through the garden so I can walk through it and a "central place" where I really need and use low grass. Only 2 or 3 times a year I mow all of the garden with the scythe.
There is not enough competition in automower market. I have still yet to meet an owner completely without complaints.
I thought of building an ecological automower that can mow very high grass.
Re: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity (2018)
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I didn't plant them, they grow like crazy and destroy the grass :D I don't know what they're called, but I could try one of those plant identification apps. Check back in a few days, I'll try to post a comment if I find out more.
Ah, I think they're of the genus Primula ("Primeln" in German).
Thanks!