If you are fed up of your wife nagging you about cutting the lawn, here is a great excuse for you. Long lawns left for weeks with no cutting at all can be a great habitat for grasshoppers, other insects and beetles. It is also a great source of food for butterflies and caterpillars. You can always try it as an excuse anyway, it probably will not be very effective. Although Marina do recommend a corner of your lawn be left to grow longer for those reasons.

If your lawn is looking bland and you want to add some colour to it then try planting some meadow flowers in your garden lawn, such as oxe-eye daisies and cowslip. They provide loads of pollen to a diverse set of insects as well as nectar, and it will make your lawn more interesting.