I play for the little helpful insects.
73 Chris
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Good man. I’ve established 3 acres of traditional hay meadow here. It looks magnificent at this time of year and it’s alive with insects
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I have two lawn areas in my garden. The one nearest the house is kept mowed but on the highest setting, the other is a wild flower meadow which after a few years is starting to look pretty good. It will get mowed after the wildlings have set seed.
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I always follow No Mow May, mainly because it’s a great excuse to be lazy. With all the dry weather here there’s nothing interesting growing this year.
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Lovely bit of music Chris. I’m jealous. !! 
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Including the grass.
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My patch tends to turn into a lake in a wet winter and is slow to dry. I have a particularly fine show of Cuckoo Flower (cardamine pratensis) just starting to go over as the grass grows longer.
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Every spring I (re)seed our roadside verge with a thin line of pollinator-friendly wildflowers and – with this drought - am having to water them every day (with rainwater from our almost-empty water butts). Just a load of tiny differently-shaped leaves at the moment but by June onwards they flower to make a nice change from the dandelions and grass elsewhere on the street.
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I’m watering some of the young local trees which were planted in our village too. - and like you, using precious water from our water butts.
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