The benefits of benign neglect.

[difflock]

As in our front "Avenue" is fair hooching with insects and birdlife, see image for the reason why.

I had intended keeping the verges cut, but on reflection  .  .  .

 

Edited July 30, 2019 by difflock

[Guest Gimlet]

Good on you, you've done the right thing in my view.

I don't understand the urge to strim every bit of roadside greenery the moment it gets above above 6" high. Everyone does it round here even when there's no necessity for safety/visibility. 

Smashed stems and a litter of dead growth looks an absolute mess. Far nicer to just let it grow till it's seeded. And this year seems to have been a particularly good one for wild flowers, yet there's some strange compulsion to thrash everything down the moment it gets going. 

 

 

[difflock]

Gimlet, that was one aspect of working for the Council that I loathed, fucking acres and acres and acres of meadowland along a river that absolutely had to be kept cut, when understaffed as we were, we not cope with grass elsewhere that really needed cutting.

The residents that overlooked it made statements like "that untidy", "that's full of rats", "my wee Jonny got stung by a nettle", "those brambles will take a childs eye out" etc etc etc, and the useless Amenities Officer ALWAYS caved in, despite any previous promises to me.

Until the movement to "Don't mow, let it grow took hold", but did any blaggart say that Marcus had been saying that all along,

Oh No, this was a "new idea" brought in by the "Eco Diversity Officer"(or somesuch overpaid job title) who was appointed to oversee such important stuff.

Who was actually a sound enough lassie, but talk about money for old rope.

Am I glad to be retired!

[Conor Wright]

Our own lane looks somewhat similar, lacks a house at the end of it though! It's been a great year for wildflowers, looking like a bumper crop of blackberries are on the way too. 

[Conor Wright]

Looks scruffier in reality!

[scbk]

I like flowers, and most of the time will go out my way to avoid cutting them, deliberately left some decent patches of clover in the "lawn" to go to seed.

 

But there's no feckin way I could drive past those verges every night

A mower's width strip would set it off nicely, and keep the weeds off the stones

[Guest Gimlet]

8 hours ago, Conor Wright said:

Looks scruffier in reality!

Looks good to me.