If you are in a location that can support an area of rough grass and wildflowers, these areas provide the organic garden a rich habitat enjoyed by bees, butterflies, insects, invertebrates, spiders, birds, and small mammals. Compare a meadow to a clean-cut lawn and you will see how the meadow is teaming with life while the clean-cut lawn is relatively devoid of visible activity.

You can simply leave an area of grass uncut and see what grows. Grasses and flowers (otherwise regarded as weeds in a lawn) will develop, flower, and set seed. The grass must be cut at some point or shrubby plants will start to emerge. Cutting at the correct time will ensure that seeds are released and scatter to grow the following year. To encourage spring flowering plants cut in mid-summer, for summer flowering plants cut in autumn.

Leave mown grass on the surface for 2 or 3 days to allow ripe seeds to be released. Removing the cut grass reduces the soils fertility that allows the wildflowers to flourish, Compost the grass clippings Clearing small areas and sowing specific wildflowers can enrich the floral content of the rough weedy areas.

Sowing a Wild Flower Meadow- Numerous seed mixes of  Wildflower Seeds and grasses are available to different types of soils and climates. It is best to select plants native to your location. Do not collect seed from the wild. Wildflowers grow best in poorer soils. The poorer the soil the better as this will curtail the invasion of vigorous weeds such as thistle and docks and reduce the vigor of grass.
 

If a new wildflower lawn is being sown, start by digging over the area, turning over the richer topsoil and burying it into the poorer subsoil. If your topsoil is deep replace it with poorer soil. Level the area and leave alone for a few weeks to produce a ‘stale seed bed’. The hoe off the germinating weeds Wildflowers and grasses can be spread around the area and racked into the soil. Do not add any fertilizers.
 

Alternatives to a traditional meadow- If your soil is fertile a meadow may not do well. To achieve the same visual effect consider planting annual meadow flowers such as cornflowers, field poppies, and corn marigolds, along with a mixture of oat or barley seed. This give a magnificent spring and summer display but is bare in the winter. As long as the plants are allowed to seed and the ground is gently dug over each year, one sowing should last for many years.


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