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Is your lawn really that bad?

madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
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I always have a chuckle when someone says their lawn looks bad and see it actually has grass in it.Mine is really struggling and has 1 inch wide cracks in various places.
Here we have had no appreciable rain since March and not cut the lawn since April.
I have now given up!!


“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
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  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Not that bad, but it's getting there.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    It actually looks better in the photo than in reality!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It looks vaguely familiar, but I'm hoping the bald patches in mine  will fill up nicely with flat weeds. It usually does. 
    Monoculture lawns are soooo boring😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    You're selling the fantasy of a perfect lawn all too well 😂
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Inch gaps I caqn b eat that (sussex clay)we have one 5 inches wide, and you cant see the bottom, its a wildflower meadow isnt it!!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Mine's as green as it normally is  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    edited August 2020
    Nanny Beach & Fairygirl

    Show offs the both of you!!! 
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's the good, damp Scottish climate @madpenguin. Lots of green...  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    edited August 2020
    Mine looks great. On a hot day the clover feels lovely and cool on bare feet, there's grasshoppers chirping away in the long areas and the sparrows have been feasting on the grass seed as it ripens. And it's not made of bloody plastic :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I thought walking on clover in bare feet was lovely too, until I stepped on a bee😖
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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