It has been a wonderful spring so far, with cooler weather and long-lasting flowers. On the other hand, the lawn mowing season has begun (much to my dismay at home). I prefer using a mulching ...

2. Choose your flowers. This will vary from region to region and from lawn to lawn within regions depending on how much sun or shade you have and how much foot traffic you get on your lawn.

To take part, people should throw a ball to pick a random patch of lawn, mark out 1sq m area and count the flowers they find, such as common daisies, red clover, dandelions, dove’s foot ...

Gardening; Lawn work, weed peak, and heat-fizzled flowers: This Weekend in the Garden. Updated: ; Jun. 09, 2017, 2:00 p.m. | Published: ; Jun. 09, 2017, 1:00 p.m.