Now that we are in a quarantine period, many of us want to be productive at home. We surely know that it’s the perfect time to do some deep cleaning in our house.

To be able to do the tasks that we couldn’t do often during our busy days before is just so satisfying.

Aside from the inside of our homes, we are also concern with our backyard gardens. Who doesn’t wish for a well-maintained lawn?

If you’re planning to use your lawnmowers one of these days, you may want to brush off that plan within this month.

An organization called Plantlife encourages everyone to take part in “No Mow May”.

“Leave your mower in the shed for #NoMowMay and let the flowers grow! You can even make a #Scaremow to protect them.”

Well, it is pretty easy and beneficial.

Basically, you just have to refrain from cutting down the grass in your gardens and let them grow for the whole month of May.

If you’re used to maintaining your lawn, this might be a bit challenging for you.

If long grasses and bushy lawns are not pleasing to your eyes, don’t worry because it will help save the bees.

Plantlife claims that not mowing will result in more flowers as well as nectars for pollinators. So if you simply love seeing different flowers, this is also something to look forward too.

“…reveal not only the astonishing diversity of wild flowers growing on Britain’s lawns, but that incredibly simple changes in mowing can result in enough nectar for ten times more bees and other pollinators.”

They also suggest mowing of lawns once a month as it has a great result. This one was explained by Plantlife botanist Trevor Dine.

“The sheer quantity of flowers and nectar production on lawns mown once a month can be astonishing.”

“We’ve discovered that plants like daisy, white clover and bird’s-foot trefoil are superbly adapted to growing in shorter swards. These short-grass, ‘mower-ducking’ plants stay low down with stems well out of the way of the mower blades, but continually produce large numbers of flowers every few weeks. If these flowers are cut off by mowing, it just stimulates the plants to produce yet more flowers, boosting nectar production.”

“In contrast, tall-grass species like oxeye daisy, red clover, field scabious and knapweed grow upright and take longer to reach flowering size. They can’t cope with being cut off regularly, so only bloom in grass that’s not been mown for several months or more. Our results show these unmown long-grass areas are home to a greater range of wild flower species, complimenting the narrower range found in short-grass areas.”

Lots of people are actually participating in this awesome movement. Some of them even shared them on social media.

Just like Debi Holland who shared the outcome of no mowing since April, on her Twitter account. She posted photos of the beautiful flowers that eventually grew on her front lawn.

I'm taking part in #NoMowMay Check out #PlantLife @Love_plants & get involved with #everyflowercounts #May. Create #habitat for yr local #wildlife This is my front #lawn TODAY. It's been 'no mow April' at #mygarden so #blooming with #wildflowers & mini beasts #nature #garden pic.twitter.com/UQ77fr6AJ1

— Debi Holland (@DHgardening) May 10, 2020

Another one is Adam Linnet who posted photos of the little flowers from their lawn. He even thanked the “No Mow May” campaign for making these cute flowers exist.

Wood speedwell in our lawn thanks to #NoMowMay #wildflowerhour pic.twitter.com/fbT8WgfiZl

— Adam Linnet (@AdamLinnet1) May 10, 2020

It is nice to know that many people are concerned about wildlife.

So if you’re also game to participate in Plantlife’s campaign, “No Mow May”, just follow these steps:

1. Just avoid mowing your lawn for the whole May and let flowers grow.

2. The aforementioned organization also encourages people to take part in “Every Flower Counts”. So if you avoided mowing, starting from 23rd May to 31st May, you may count the flowers in a random square meter of your lawn.

3. If you’re interested to know your Personal Nectar Score – which will give you the idea of how much nectar is being produced by the flowers on your lawn and how many bees it can support, you may enter the number of flowers from your lawn on their website.

It sounds fun and exciting, right? Just imagine seeing your lawn full of flowers – that would be so amazing. Not only that, but your contribution to save the bees is surely worth it.

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Source: Return To Now, Plantlife