Mix bloomers with the grasses in a ratio of about 40 percent bloomers to 60 percent grasses. * On weeds and patience . "Early weed control is essential," Hoover says.

If yours is a real tall meadow, you might want to leave it alone so it gives habitat to wildlife during the winter. This will, for sure, include voles, but their damage is easily remediated.

Grasses and insects together. Partners – one person sways gently like tall meadow grass while the other person weaves in and out of the spaces like a busy, fluttering insect. Swap roles and repeat.

(The difference is too subtle for herbicides – patches of meadow-grass have to be cut out with a pocket knife.) Tusmore’s lawns, which cost £100,000 ($120,000) to install, ...