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Brown grass watch. Have you got brown grass?

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jangles Jul 2018 11:21am, 15 Jul 2018 3,093 posts	Quote Pin jangles My lawn is like a golden meadow speckled with patches of green (weeds).
Jono. Jul 2018 11:52am, 15 Jul 2018 6,076 posts	Quote Pin Jono. We haven't got any grass - do I win ?
Fierce and Focused Fleecy Jul 2018 12:42pm, 15 Jul 2018 41,917 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Focused Fleecy Our grass went brown in May and vanished in June. Dust bowl city.
Sigh Jul 2018 1:01pm, 15 Jul 2018 1,925 posts	Quote Pin Sigh Skiphenge, pictured here on 14th June, was present for the midsummer solstice... before mysteriously vanishing on 30th June...now all that is left (9th July) is the outline of its' presence. If you build it, they will come
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jul 2018 2:08pm, 15 Jul 2018 3,968 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain In the far north our 'lawns' are mostly moss anyway, and that turns brown in no time in the dry. The grass has followed where the sun hits.
alpenrose Jul 2018 7:29pm, 15 Jul 2018 34,446 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose Straw coloured down south.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jul 2018 8:13pm, 15 Jul 2018 3,163 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Ours is an interesting mix of shades, from brown in full sun, to green in the bit that’s in full shade and benefits from water that drains from the surrounding higher land.
Surrey Phil Jul 2018 8:21pm, 15 Jul 2018 2,521 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Mine's reminiscent of the Test Match grounds during the West Indies tour of 1976. Even the bindweed is dried out. Trying not to cut the grass if possible. Like all of us, it really needs a deluge.
LazyDaisy Jul 2018 8:25pm, 15 Jul 2018 23,209 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Brown and crunchy (even after Friday's torrential downpour) over half of its area, but still relatively green underneath the canopy of the willow tree. Hasn't grown for weeks though. The bottom lawn, which is often to wet and boggy to mow, is full of penny-ryal and other weeds, so actually looks quite OK.
Dvorak Jun 2019 5:00pm, 17 Jun 2019 17,696 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I have some blackening grass. Well, blackening lawn - I put on some weed and feed last week so hopefully it's the not-grass going black.