When I first tried to make my 'meadow grass lawn' into a 'neat lawn' after moving in, I used a weed killer which had a spray nozzle on broad leaf 'weeds'. It wasn't Roundup, and I thought spot spraying would be OK. Rain followed, the leaves were still green and water stood on the leaves. I saw a Goldfinch (ours are different to those in the US) drinking water off the leaf. I resolved never again to use weedkiller.
