De Weeding Your Garden
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Should we stop de weeding our gardens?
Plants and wildflowers are a haven for a lot of wildlife like bees and butterflies.
JLouM sprinkle some wildflower seeds and the insects will thank you for it 
I guess it’s up to people’s personal choice. I personally like wild flowers etc and it’s a lot easier to maintain but I understand why people would want a well maintained garden cause it’s more convenient to do stuff in
jms19 As someone else suggested, maybe creating a wild patch of garden would be a good compromise?
SamGoodship - I have been weeding my patio since last February, by hand (no chemicals), bleach or vinegar alone, bleach/salt and hot water, weed killers and the weeds is still growing back. I am not spending anymore money on killing the weeds.
SamGoodship It's hard work bending down wearing gloves and spending more than two hours pulling the weeds out.
It depends on the size of your garden I guess. Even if it's small you can choose to grow insect and bee friendly plants and eliminate the unwanted weeds
I think you can do both. Just have small areas dedicated to wildflowers and grow bee friendly plants aswell. Try not to use chemicals and go for more environmentally friendly alternatives. I'm using egg shells to stop the snail this years.
I leave a patch of wild weeds in the corner of my garden for the pollinators if everyone did that it would help the bees as you only need to leave a small patch
I like wildflowers.. we pull them out and they grow right back because it's natural and I think that's beautiful. But I understand not wanting them on your pavements.
Always leave a wild patch.Looks nice and is great for pollinators as you so rightly say.
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