Yep! That’s my thoughts on lawns too! As long as it’s green, it’s fine for me. My bro in law is a bit of a lawn police force to reckon with though. He cannot resist sending us some preparation or other, following a social visit, which always includes an inspection of our green patches!
Our resident blackbirds are enjoying my occasional dig in the border! They’re not daft are they? As soon as they hear a spade or trowel scraping, they appear on the fence!
On the subject of lawns, our two lawns either side of the front path are open to any animals wanting to relieve themselves. And they do. A week or so ago I scraped up about 8 separate piles of poo, some of it looking like it was deposited by a large dog, or maybe a fox. Having tried all the usual solutions available from garden centres etc, all of which didn`t work, I bought 2 metal black cat cutouts with blue glass marbles for eyes. They have spikes on the bottom to stick into the lawn.
So far they seem to be working, no fresh deposits on the grass (yet).
Watch this space, I think when the local wildlife gets used to them it will be back to `business` as usual!
Eric. Cheadle Hulme, Stockport.