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Hi Nancy & All,
Letting your lawn grow wild is not difficult but eventually expect=20
surprises. Be adaptable. I mow a minimum with the rotary mower for paths=20
and for mulching leaves. Otherwise hand scythe with a brush blade. A=20
hay/grain blade is too long for the tight corners found on lawns. Early=20
in the year the back lawn is a flower garden with smatters of grass.=20
This gradually reverts to grass after most broadleaved plants have=20
flowered. Just now Aster cordifolius is common at edges. The front lawn=20
is still recovering from my having cut a large maple several years ago=20
but in season has a vigorous cover of Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and=20
Wild Carrot (Daucus carrota) with a few other plants and bare patches.=20
Letting things go wild is the opposite of control so there can be no=20
methods manual.
I have never tried to discourage Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)=20
and there are always a few in season. But my neighbor had her entire=20
lawn tilled to get rid of a few plants and next year had a carpet of=20
Dandelion flowers; mowed lawn grass now.
On our tiny lawn there are some 100 vascular plant species (don't=20
have the list at hand) and the list grows nearly every year as plants=20
move in (and shrinks if one strikes those which no longer are around).
Yt, DW, Kentville
------ Original Message ------
From: "John and Nhung" <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: 9/25/2017 6:06:34 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Insect Decline
>Observations like that are always needed. We may not be able to=20
>connect the dots with much detail nor with high certainty at the time=20
>(but sometime scan). The observations still have unpredictable=20
>importance down the road.
>
>
>
>From:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20
>[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David
>Sent: September 25, 2017 2:35 PM
>To:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>Cc: David Webster
>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Insect Decline
>
>
>
>Hi Angus & All,
>
>
>
> The greatest changes here have been since about 1970,80 but there=20
>have been declines as long as I can remember. The old death by a=20
>thousand cuts.
>
> Land use changes, urbanization of rural areas, mindless pursuit of=
=20
>the horizon, bug zappers and the like, sanitation overkill and vehicle=20
>traffic are some of the forces which come to mind. There must be abrupt=20
>changes in air pressure at the rear end of large trucks and I expect=20
>many insects are killed in this way. I recall one section of the 101=20
>where the sandy highway margin down-wind of a hog operation was black=20
>with dead Scarabidae.
>
>
>
>YT, DW, Kentville
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>
>------ Original Message ------
>
>From: "Angus MacLean" <Cold_Mac@hotmail.com>
>
>To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>
>Sent: 9/25/2017 12:54:48 PM
>
>Subject: [NatureNS] Insect Decline
>
>
>
>>https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone
>>
>>Where have all the insects gone? | Science | AAAS=20
>><https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone>
>>
>>www.sciencemag.org
>>
>>Where have all the insects gone? By Gretchen Vogel May. 10, 2017 ,=20
>>9:00 AM. Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. "If you talk=20
>>to people, they have a gut ...
>>
>>This is the story in Kings County too & likely thru-out NS. Likely=20
>>some pockets where insects are still doing OK. Bad news for certain=20
>>bird species such as warblers; plants that need pollinating, etc.=20
>>Very important link in the food chain.
>>
>>Angus
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