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LOL I know how you feel.
Since moving to Dartmoor in Spring 2002 I have had to cut the grass every 2
weeks throughout 3 summers (yes including 2003 !!!).
Admittedly it does slow down in dry weather and starts to fade a bit but
generally stays green and healthy. On the plus side my altitude means that it
doesn't really need cutting till the end of April and I can stop cutting it at
the end of October. Other parts lower down the grass grows all year !
When I lived in Crowthorne (the far end of the Bracknell desert), the grass went
brown and stopped growing most summers for at least part of the time, but come
September it would always perk up and by November it would be green and lush
again.
Cheers,
Will (from the home of the raindrop).
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" A cup is most useful when empty "
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JPG wrote in message ...
I know how fickle memories of past summers can be and I make no apologies if I
my memory seems to be selective, but I cannot recall having to continue mowing
the lawn every week, I usually expect to see brown/yellow verges as I drive
along the country lanes, and I hear farmers saying they cannot harvest and
crops
are rotting in the ground.
The country lane verges have a verdant, spring-like quality quite unusual for
August.
I suspect that in a "normal" Midlands summer the brown verges are more to do
with greater evaporation than lack of rainfall, notwithstanding some
exceptionally dry and warm summers recently. This year, the rainfall has
appeared to keep pace with evaporation and ensured good growing conditions
throughout the month.
I suspect that our correspondents blessed with living on the parched heaths of
the Royal County of Berkshire will look at the brown verges and wonder what I'm
talking about.
Martin