I had no idea there was such a thing.
A row has broke out at the start of #NoMowMay as eco-warriors are being accused of trying to shame their neighbours by leaving their lawnmowers in sheds and letting grass grow wild.
As part of the campaign, Britain is being urged to let their lawns grow wild this month by nature conservation charity Plantlife in a bid to promote wildlife.
But some are instead using the campaign to ‘annoy’ and shame their house-proud neighbours – while others appear to have been caught cutting their lawns the day before #NoMowMay began.
One person tweeted: ‘Every year I have to argue with my neighbour about our front lawn. This year, I’ve invested in a @nature_scot @ScotPollinators sign. Let’s see if this helps!’
For crying out loud!
I didn’t mow my grass from late September until early April because it was so wet. I’m not going to mow or not mow because of some arbitrary ideology created by eco loons. As it is, I’m struggling with the weeds, so the dandelions are in full flow at the moment (and they do make good eating for tortoises). When I get the lavender plants in, there will be plenty for the bees. As for letting your grass become a meadow, you need to let it grow wild for several months to get the best effect, so not mowing in May is simply virtue-signalling and I don’t do that.
I guess I’m fortunate in that where I am, we all leave each other alone. No one polices when we mow our lawns or not.
Lesley Parr wrote on Twitter: ‘It’s ‘No Mow May’ from tomorrow and I really want to do it just to annoy my suburban, Tory neighbours. We live in that Monkees’ song, Pleasant Valley Sunday. ‘here in status symbol land’.’
These people really are obnoxious. However, they also have an inflated ego, believing that their neighbours give a toss about what they do. I’m rather pleased that I don’t live near Lesley Parr.
The “eco-warriors” don’t give monkeys about anything “eco”, it’s all about YOU.
YOU must obey, because these people are powerful, enlightened activists and you are a stupid prole. Know your place and obey!
I saw a funny meme the other day, to the effect that the intelligent were being told what to do by stupid, mentally ill people.
I’m sure who ever invented the concept of global warming must have done so because the idea that humans can produce so much CO2 they can change the temperature of the planet is so silly they thought how hilarious it would be if they could get people to believe it. Bugger me! They did!!!
That CO2 has a warming effect on the atmosphere is a proven fact. This effect however is tiny and completely dwarfed by numerous other factors. The global warming meme gained some credibility because it started at the beginning of a period of natural warming. Past experience suggests that the Earth will move back into a cooling period eventually. It is possible that this is already happening. Will that put an end to the nonsense? I doubt it but we can hope.
The thing about the place described in Pleasant Valley Sunday is that it was a nice place to live. The only fly in the ointment was that the neigbours tended to be interfering busibodies who were into everybody else’s business. Ecolunacy gives these people the excuse to interfere in how other people have their lawns. My response to them would be very short and blunt.
There is no way I’m not mowing my lawns. Getting over a hundred and fifty square metres back under control after a month of not cutting with my small lawnmower would be a nightmare. It’s taken since the second week of a wetter than average April to get it in some semblance of order.
Besides, if anyone gets umpty with me I’ll tell them to eff off. My meadows have all the species, and more, that these eco-loons say are ‘under threat’.
A gardening tip(!) from me is that if you have really long grass (due to weather and other circumstances) you can still use your ordinary mower to cut it – but cut in narrow strips one-half of the mower’s width.
Of course if you buy into the #NoMowMay cult madness perhaps you should try to hire a flock of sheep or goats. Plus you get free fertiliser.
I rough cut with a strimmer first.
There are plenty of wildlife friendly bits in my garden too. I have trees and bushes and bits of grass that I don’t keep short.
Roundup weed killer applied to the lawn means that you won’t have grass growth for about 4 to 5 months in my experience based on blitzing thistles. That means me not having to use the petrol driven lawnmower to cut the grass (VERY green and ecological … maybe). Will that suit them?