{"id":143795,"date":"2024-04-19T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/letting-grass-grow-long-boosts-butterfly-numbers-uk-study-proves\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T05:19:12","slug":"letting-grass-grow-long-boosts-butterfly-numbers-uk-study-proves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/letting-grass-grow-long-boosts-butterfly-numbers-uk-study-proves\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting grass grow long boosts butterfly numbers, UK study proves"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAnalysis of 60o gardens shows wilder lawns feed caterpillars and create breeding habitatGood news for lazy gardeners: one labour-saving tweak could almost double the number of butterflies in your garden, according to a new scientific study \u2013 let the grass grow long.In recent years nature lovers have been extolling the benefits of relaxed lawn maintenance with the growing popularity of the #NoMowMay campaign. Now an analysis of six years of butterfly sightings across 600 British gardens has provided the first scientific evidence that wilder lawns boost butterfly numbers. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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