The "No Mow May" idea encourages leaving a portion of flowering vegetation for insects during the spring. However, an entirely neglected, high-traffic lawn can become inconvenient and difficult to maintain.
Not all lawn areas require the same level of care
The idea of not mowing part of your lawn in May encourages you to think about the biodiversity of your garden. However, it is worth aligning this decision with how the area is used. Play, movement, and relaxation areas may require regular maintenance, while less frequently used plots can be left to grow longer. Clear boundaries help balance these goals. This way, you don't have to keep the entire garden as either an intensively mowed lawn or a completely unmaintained plot. The most important thing is to consciously choose which areas are designated for what purpose and how you will maintain them later.
On a robot's map, a zone left for longer growth can be set aside if the specific model’s settings allow it. However, sending a robot back into heavily overgrown grass is not the same as continuing a regular schedule. The first cleanup may require different equipment and a gradual reduction in height. Before any mowing, inspect the area to ensure no animals or foreign objects remain. Such a system allows you to maintain neat pathways while having a less intensively managed garden corner, without expecting a single piece of equipment to handle all tasks equally.
How to apply this in practice?
A practical compromise is a separate non-mowed zone or a flowering patch. Paths, relaxation areas, and children's play areas can be maintained as usual, while preserving more diverse vegetation elsewhere.
- Choose a specific, less-used zone rather than changing the entire garden at once.
- Maintain clear paths, play areas, and spots for daily movement.
- If your robot allows it, mark the temporarily unmowed area on the map as a separate zone.
- Plan for the safe and gradual clearing of overgrown grass later.
A practical example
A garden corner by the fence can be left to grow longer, while the central lawn is regularly maintained. Such a plan allows the family to use the yard while reducing mowing in a chosen section. Later, clearing that corner may require separate work, so it should not be automatically returned to the robot's regular route.
Is it enough to just turn the robot back on after a month's break?
Only if the grass height and the condition of the area meet the model's operating specifications. A heavily overgrown plot may require initial cleanup with other equipment. Inspect the lawn before starting and mow gradually.
What is worth remembering?
After a break, do not try to remove all the grown grass at once. Reduce the height gradually and mark the unmowed area as a separate zone on the robot's map.
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