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Judith Franklin's avatar

We've allowed our grass to grow during the summer months for the last few years and I've been disappointed with how few wild flowers have self seeded on the whole. I've yet to see a daisy or self heal etc. Also, we end up with long stalky grass dotted all over, which is very unpleasant to walk on barefoot and so it eventually gets mown as a consequence. Not sure what we can do about this?

Re allowing lawn edges to merge with perennial beds. Beware couch grass! We've sometimes allowed our grass edges to grow long in places and they've grown into the beds. We've found this can lead to couch grass coming up, which is so difficult to get rid of....

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Sandra Schramm's avatar

This is exactly how our lawn looks. The reason was mostly because the area is big (5000sqm) and we can't keep up with mowing it too often. So the bulk of it gets mowed once a month and some small areas once every 2-3 weeks. Dandelions and clover are really happy, and so are the bees in the area :)

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