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I’m creating a larger meadow, early stages. 100m square. I’ve a similar idea. Rather than scything and removing every last bit in August, I’ll leave areas for fauna to shelter in. Then alternate areas the following August.

I think there’s truth in that. Mowing destroying the ecosystem on 1st June, before it’s really got going.

If only it was as simple as that.

We visited RHS Wisley today. I suspect this area would’ve been mowed lawns a few years ago. Spectacular now.

8:15 And that's the time that it's always been.

We’ve got two lawns at the back. One was a perfect ornamental lawn/mini football pitch 8 years ago. But I tired of the endless battle against Bird’s Foot Trefoil, moss and course grasses. This year I’ve not mowed that area at all, without seeding it already has Yellow-Rattle, Oxeye daisies...

It’s a totally different approach, with known consequences beyond May. The stripy look goes, an acceptance that ‘weeds’ are prevalent. Mowers on high settings, gradually reduced, can cope in June. Unlike ULEZ or green energy tariffs, it’s purely a personal choice with no consequences for...

Milner, Gross and Lallana are black belts.

Add hollow tyne aeration, filling with a fine sand/loam mix. Yawn. Yep, I cut my losses. Ornamental lawns were an artificial creation from 1700’s where the upper classes created them as a mark of wealth and status in being able to employ staff to maintain the look.

. That’s the other reason I gave up on the ornamental lawn. Record breaking wet winters have been heavenly for moss.

I already have a lots of zones and plant for pollinators, but for the first time I'm also following this for the entire spring/summer on one of our two lawns. Tens years ago I created the perfect lawn, but I got bored of the constant fight against invasive flora. So now, sit back, relax and...