What I found out when I took part in No Mow May, and how I plan to continue supporting wildlife in my garden.
Mow the proper lengthor you’ll end up with an uglier lawn. Continual scalping reduces turf density and provides opportunities for weeds. Mow fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, ryegrass, and St. Augustine grasses about 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches high. Cut common Bermuda, centipede, and zoysia grasses...
This lad grins at me. ‘He’s been at it ever since the morning on my mower,’ he says. ‘There he is, out in the steppe,mowing away.’ chv-corpus Thismowing awayof all value in the world is characteristic of the nihilist, although in this, the nihilist appears inconsistent: A nih...
A robot that mows the lawn for you sounds like technology from an early 2000s sci-fi movie, but it's a real thing today. I've been testing theHusqvarna Automower 430Xover the past year, and it still amazes me how every time I run the robot, my neighbors come to...
New electric yard near end of construction - Ronkonkoma - 12/1987 Photo: Dave Keller "Rail Way Best Way" Slogan LIRR Trucks MOW TC016 Railroad Truck on Main Line at Woodside - 5/17/1991 Archive: Dave Keller TC-121 at Pinelawn 1973 Photo/Archive: John Scala MOW lineside truck at Ho...
If your lawn is a well-manicured, uninterrupted plot of nothing but grass, 'Slow Mow Summer' isn't right for you. Like the intention of 'No Mow May,' it is meant to allow flowering plants and weeds (looking at you, dandelions) an opportunity to blossom and pollinators like bees to ...
Many years ago, in my student days, I shared a house with a research associate at the Human Communication Research Centre in Edinburgh, which conducts a lot of AI research. I asked him once about the possibility of smart domestic robots, and he responded by throwing ...
I even imagined myself upon the skates. As Christmas was coming, it was ___ for me not to ask Mrs. Long for my present. On December 22, I presented myself at the door of the house. Mrs. Long handed me a small box which couldn’t hold a pair of skates. I was ___. When ...
Oh, here's one more note: if you live in an area with a lawn overgrowth and weed ordinance or regulation most town and city officials will suspend it during No Mow May. In a study from the inaugural No Mow May year, residents who participated had three times more bee species enriching...