Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Short Back and Sides?

To maximise wild flowers and their insect pollinators, it has been suggested that lawns should only be cut once every 4 weeks, along with some adjacent areas that are left longer (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jun/16/plantlife-one-man-went-to-mow-but-maybe-he-should-wait). This sounds like excellent advice to me. Too frequent cutting essentially generates grassy 'deserts'.
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Flowers of Oahu 64. Wikstoemia uva-ursi or Akia

The bark, roots and leaves of this plant release a narcotic that was used to stun fish.

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