No Now May

[Anonymous]

I am posting this here hoping some of my neighbors will see it.

https://www.thespruce.com/why-you-should-rethink-no-mow-may-8648692

[Anonymous]

Silly to use a month as seasons and weather don't abide strictly by calendars.

Let the flowery weeds have some flowers before mowing if you want, but don't relegate it to a particular time frame.

[Anonymous]

Hi Woodley Gardens Environmental Group. I am sure you have lots of wonderful ideas..this is not one.

[Anonymous]

I think you mean No Mow May. As a as beekeeper, I can attest that it’s important to provide flowers throughout the warm months. April and May tend to be very active months for honeybees forming a healthy hive. I support any effort to allow those pollen blooms to grow.

[Anonymous]

How does letting my grass get a foot tall help bees who need flower pollen? I don’t have flowers in my yard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does letting my grass get a foot tall help bees who need flower pollen? I don’t have flowers in my yard.

It doesn't. Now clovers and spring weeds such as ChickWeed and HenPeck will flower, and die off on their own once temps get to 80s.

Otherwise there is no point if your yard is all domesticated grass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you mean No Mow May. As a as beekeeper, I can attest that it’s important to provide flowers throughout the warm months. April and May tend to be very active months for honeybees forming a healthy hive. I support any effort to allow those pollen blooms to grow.

Honeybees are not native to this area. As a beekeeper, I hope you are aware that non-native bees are pushing out our native bees.

[Anonymous]

It’s one month, I think we can handle it. I do it every year, and even if the only benefit is leas carbon emissions I’m ok with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s one month, I think we can handle it. I do it every year, and even if the only benefit is leas carbon emissions I’m ok with that.

It's not though. Takes more gas to mow high grass less often, than to keep grassed mowed lower more frequently.

Have tried it both ways. Mowing about every two weeks is best overall for fuel consumption and using the least amount.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does letting my grass get a foot tall help bees who need flower pollen? I don’t have flowers in my yard.

That is an entirely different problem.

[Anonymous]

If your lawn is non-native turf grass, don't let it seed. That is not helping.

[Anonymous]

You'd be very proud of my garden, OP. I wish my husband mowed more often. We already have plenty of pollinators as it is, and we don't need that much native grasses going to seed, honestly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does letting my grass get a foot tall help bees who need flower pollen? I don’t have flowers in my yard.

That's on you having a dead monoculture lawn

[Anonymous]

No now may?