> I’d love to convert a big part of my lawn to a meadow full of dandelions,
> but in my zone I run into a serious problem: how to manage it in order to
> keep it a meadow? If left to its own devices, that is no at least once a
> year mowing, the meadow is quickly overrun by bushes and trees, especially
> sumac. No more meadow, :-
>

We have three acres  of which 1/2 is lawn and all our dandelions and clover
come from the lawn, not the meadows.
We  mow well before dandelions start their upward mobility and do not mow
again until after seeding. Same thing with clover. When bloom starts, let
them go and then mow. We have a nice lawn but it is bee friendly.  Plus,
across the street is a nursing home with lots of lawn that goes to
dandelions and clover, I wonder why, and they do not mow often enough to
prevent lots of bee forage.

The meadow gives us asters, goldenrod and other flowering brush which we
mow after the first killing frost.So it can be done.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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