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Sustainable Minimalists

No Mow May

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In my corner of the world trees are budding and flowers are blooming. But leaf blowers are also blowing, and it’s nearly time for that first grass cutting. Enter No Mow May. Lawns that aren’t exactly pristine may indeed get your neighbors’ side-eyes, as intentionally not mowing your lawn here in the US is a quietly revolutionary act. But environmental advocates argue that there are many benefits to stepping away from overzealous lawn maintenance, at least for one month. On... Read More Read More The post No Mow May appeared first on Sustainable Minimalists. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0

It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the

0:06.4

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0:37.0

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0:58.3

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1:04.0

Well, hello there, welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian,

1:06.0

and you're listening to episode 262 of sustainable minimalists.

1:11.0

It is time for lawn care here in my neck of the woods in New England.

1:18.4

The leaf blowers, they're blowing.

1:20.5

Moltz is getting put down down everyone is racing to get their lawns in tip-top shape

1:27.1

because no one wants to have the ugly yard on the block am I right so

1:31.8

today's show we are discussing no mow may. What is no mow may we're

1:38.5

getting into it today I have a short and sweet episode it is in in two parts. In part one we are talking about

1:45.1

no mow may. What is it and why should you perhaps consider participating this may?

1:51.1

And then in part two we are discussing real quick we're just glossing

1:56.2

over lawn pesticides it is blowing and mulching season as I mentioned here in New England, but it is also pesticide putting down season.

2:06.6

And those little yellow flags that say in gigantic, uppercase bold letters,

2:11.8

keep your kids and pets off. They're popping up

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