ONE MAN WENT TO MOW

A fast- growing British campaign aims to encourage people to let their lawns go wild. Rather than knocking the grass into shape, the goal for No Mow May is for grasses and weeds to go to flower to feed insects. May, of course, being the ideal month in the northern hemisphere for plants to flower. An adult bumblebee needs the nectar of eight flowering dandelions to meet its baseline requirements for survival. Citizens are encouraged to regard unruly lawns as a badge of good environmental citizenship, and if that’s a bridge too far, they are asked to at least let their berms go to seed.