Bird Watching: To go natural or not????..............., 1 by 24goingfor5

24goingfor5 wrote:
Natural as in letting areas of your yard grow wild in hopes of attracting more birds, not the "other" natural. *shakes head knowing someone was thinking THAT* I used to have a great looking natural area, mulched, weeded, the whole deal. Well now thanks to our great dept of transportation I have an incredible crop of weeds because when they seeded the right-of-way the seeds drifted into what was once a great looking space. (See pic.) I can mow it down fairly easy, but I'm not going to mulch it again only to have the weeds come back. It's way too big to try and spray, etc. So I'm wondering if there would be any benefit to let it go wild and would it attract more birds or should I just keep it mowed? Inquiring mind wants to know? :)