Stephen Burt wrote:
Col wrote:
.......I'm going to water the lawn.

I wish I could. We've had a hosepipe ban since April. My lawn is the
colour of a digestive biscuit (18 mm of rain in the last 7 weeks) and
precious little I can do about it!

Stephen
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire

My grass has been like that during many summers, but it has never been
watered and always seems to re-appear as green as before during the
Autumn.