Letting grass grow long boosts butterfly numbers, UK study proves
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Analysis 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 – 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...

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