{"id":109045,"date":"2019-07-16T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T04:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-one-small-step-but-one-giant-leap-for-insect-kind\/"},"modified":"2019-07-16T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T05:04:29","slug":"country-diary-one-small-step-but-one-giant-leap-for-insect-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-one-small-step-but-one-giant-leap-for-insect-kind\/","title":{"rendered":"Country diary: one small step, but one giant leap for insect-kind"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nClaxton, Norfolk: A single square metre left unmown attracts more than 50 speciesThis spring Rotherham borough council received deserved praise for the banks of native flowers it now allows to flourish on its verges. During this period I noted how most main roadsides across Norfolk had been turned brown with herbicide spray, although presently the dual carriageway around Norwich has slopes awash with the colours of wild perennials.In our parish our small green, which is barely 15m by 100m, is mown according to the unthinking orthodoxy that prevails across much of civic Britain. It\u2019s a waste of money, fuel and resources, but does it really matter to wildlife that the patch is reduced every fortnight to shorn turf? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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