Slowly over 35 years, more and more Forget-Me-Nots (the tiny blue flower you see in the photos) have been taking over our lawn. They have spread because I like seeing them, and instead of mowing them down whenever I mow the lawn, I mow around them. I will do this until they form seeds, then after that, I will mow them down.
This of course makes my lawn look pretty ratty, but I would rather have the blue patches of forget-me-nots than a uniformed manicured lawn. The only problem with doing this is that often a few dandelions or other unwanted weeds grow among the Forget-Me-Nots and I am usually too lazy to pull them out so they keep growing also.
Anyway, I like having the patches of the Forgot-Me-Nots in my lawn, they remind me of a wild natural meadow, and plan to do what I can to encourage them.
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Beautiful. Does look like a pasture of wild flowers. Good job on mowing around them and encouraging. My kind of thinking!!
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