~ Submitted by Jayashree Ranga
Early spring is finally here. Inspired by the “No-Mow-May” article (https://thebedfordcitizen.org/2021/05/garden-week-day-two-no-mow-may/), North Eastern Section of American Chemical Society (NESACS) in collaboration with Bedford Community welcomes you to pledge for “No-Mow-May” campaign in light of Science Outreach event Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW). The CCEW 2022 theme is “The Buzz About Bugs: Insect Chemistry”.
If No-Mow-May is not an option for you, understandable, how about “Less-Mow-May” or “Grow-More-May”. As very well described in the article, we can lengthen our pollinators menu card by not mowing our lawns in May (No-Mow-May) or not mowing a part of our lawn in May (Less-Mow-May) or planting more wildflowers in our lawn for our pollinator guests in May (Grow-More-May).
Adapt whatever works best for you and your lawn. If you are interested in participating, please sign up for the pledge and help our early pollinators do what they love to do, pollinate.
Also ‘take n save’ pictures of your lawns before and after “No-Mow-May”. We will be sending a request to share them in June.
SIGN UP FOR THE PLEDGE: https://forms.gle/TWGct6W4kPZG6iu39
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If grass gets too long it’s a breeding ground for ticks
This article is so speaking to my heart! I have not mowed my lawn yet. I cannot stand it, because of all that is blooming in it: dandelions, violets, ajuga, loads of it, and my bees are in it. Amble by and see how beautiful all looks. Do you know that dandelions have the most nectar of all the blossoms in bloom right now?
There will come time to mow, when things get too unruly. Ajuga will be still there in large blue patches. I shall mow around it and am looking forward to common plantain, the next feast for my pollinators.
And another good part of this “unruly” lawn attitude: you need less water to keep it green!