Brian Lairer on WNYC and for our last 15 minutes or so today, our climate story of the week,

which we do every Tuesday on the show, and your calls on how you mow your lawn. Why? We're about halfway

through the month of May, right? And for some of you, that might mean your lawn is looking a

little bit more like a meadow. While the idea of encouraging native species and wildflower

growth in grassy areas isn't new.

The concept of no-moh-may, have you heard that term yet?

No-mo-may, where people let their lawns grow wild for a month in an effort to help the environment has been gaining popularity over the last few years.

So listeners, we're inviting you for our climate story of the week.

Call-in today, have you turned off your mower for the month of May? Are you participating,

if you live in a single-family home with a lawn, in No Mo May? 212-433 W-N-YC. I wonder if anybody who happens to be listening right now is 212-433-9-6-9-2.

And if you've changed the way you're mowing, have you noticed more bees, more butterflies,

maybe on the downside, more ticks? Part of the goal of No Mo Mae is to turn lawns

into a habitat for pollinators. So have you been seeing them if you're doing this or not doing this.

212-433 WNYC, 212, 433, 9692, or maybe you've even replaced the grass in your lawn with something else entirely.

We know that in the past couple of years, and we've talked about this before,

clover has become a popular alternative to grass.

Some people are also reducing the size of their lawns and choosing to landscape with native plants on the other parts.

If you've done this, how are you liking it?

212-433, WNYC.

And joining me now to talk about this with you is Allison Chu, excuse me, Allison Chu, a reporter

covering climate solutions at the Washington Post.

She worked on an article recently entitled, Why You Should Let Your Grass Grow. Hey, Allison, welcome to WNYC.

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