Recently, a number of people have commented on the state of their lawns.

A picture is worth...so herewith:-

http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P6161361.jpg

Taken this morning. We've never seen it in such poor condition due to
the lack of recent rain.

The boats in the background are the navy tugs 'Impulse' and 'Dexterous'.

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Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:13:50 +0100, Alan White wrote:

Recently, a number of people have commented on the state of their lawns.

A picture is worth...so herewith:-

http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P6161361.jpg

Taken this morning. We've never seen it in such poor condition due to
the lack of recent rain.

The boats in the background are the navy tugs 'Impulse' and 'Dexterous'.

It's all those trees that are taking your water! Chop them down and improve
your view at the same time :-)
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MCC

In message , Alan White
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Recently, a number of people have commented on the state of their lawns.

A picture is worth...so herewith:-

http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P6161361.jpg

Taken this morning. We've never seen it in such poor condition due to
the lack of recent rain.

The boats in the background are the navy tugs 'Impulse' and 'Dexterous'.


Still, your rhubarb seems to be doing well.


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On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:21:33 +0100, MCC wrote:

It's all those trees that are taking your water! Chop them down and improve
your view at the same time :-)

Not likely, a lot of them are oak. Seriously, we have considered some
discreet felling but decided that it wasn't really justified.

For comparison, here's one taken on the 21st May last year. The
difference in colour of the visible lawn is striking. The trees don't
seem to be much lower :-)

http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P5210984.jpg

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Alan White
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Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:56:46 +0100, "John P. Verge"
wrote:

Still, your rhubarb seems to be doing well.

The Gardener, Lesley, says it's not rhubarb but Gunnera.

I haven't tried eating it.

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Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:00:21 +0100, Alan White wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:21:33 +0100, MCC wrote:

It's all those trees that are taking your water! Chop them down and improve
your view at the same time :-)

Not likely, a lot of them are oak. Seriously, we have considered some
discreet felling but decided that it wasn't really justified.

For comparison, here's one taken on the 21st May last year. The
difference in colour of the visible lawn is striking. The trees don't
seem to be much lower :-)

http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P5210984.jpg

One rain day and your lawn will be lovely and green again soon after :-)

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MCC

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:14:30 +0100, MCC wrote:

One rain day and your lawn will be lovely and green again soon after :-)

Could be tomorrow?

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Alan White
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Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

It's all those trees that are taking your water! Chop them
down and improve
your view at the same time :-)

Er ... the lawn slopes downhill towards the trees, so they must
be getting only the water which the lawn hsn't used, surely?

Anne

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:28:57 +0100, "Anne Burgess"
wrote:

Er ... the lawn slopes downhill towards the trees, so they must
be getting only the water which the lawn hsn't used, surely?

Just beyond the edge of the lawn the land drops very steeply into a six
metre gorge with a burn flowing along its bottom and most of the trees
are on the other side of the gorge. The burn is barely flowing at all at
the moment which is unusual for this time of the year. I haven't
measured the soil depth but the bed rock is not far below the surface so
any water will quickly drain into the burn. In fact, with an average of
about 1,800 mm/year, it has to!

We have about twenty-three acres and there is always some part that's
waterlogged. This year, of the bits I've been able to get to, there
isn't.

Last Tuesday we drove up to Fort William and all the lochs and burns are
very low.

Despite a very wet winter and early spring, it's reaching the stage
where we badly need some continuous rain.

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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

"Alan White" wrote in message
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http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P6161361.jpg

Taken this morning. We've never seen it in such poor condition due to
the lack of recent rain.
Looks like a perfectly normal southern England lawn at this time of year.

Oh, wait.... :-)