Ya think our lawn will come back from the brown desert. it has become??

[a kennedy]

Last edited Tue Jun 27, 2023, 04:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Wow, it’s just dry and dead……..we just don’t water grass……so am keeping fingers crossed it will come back at some point this year.

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. It is dormant

but should come back with the correct weather conditions

[a kennedy]

2. Whew, hope so, it's kinda weird, all our neighbors lawns have started to green up again......

We did get a spitting of rain, over the weekend, but was nothing measurable and ours is the only one that isn’t coming back.

[Mosby]

19. It depends on the grass and region

In Phx we overseed perennial rye in the winter because the Bermuda goes dormant, but it dies in the summer for lack of water even though it's technically a perennial. There are a few places like resorts who keep the rye going all year long, but it requires daily watering and some shade. Some grasses that go dormant only do it for a couple weeks, after that they die like rye does. Bermuda is virtually indestructible, it can go for years without water and is extremely hard to get rid of because of that.

[multigraincracker]

3. The only thing growing in my yard are th

buckhorn’s. Almost have mow just for those damn things.

[a kennedy]

7. I know.....we have a lawn service we just get out to mow anymore due to physical abilities......so

when the service comes they’re only mowing some parts as some of the lawn is ok, ya know the shaded parts. It takes them about 10 minutes compared to 30/45 minutes when mowing the whole lawn.

[Walleye]

4. The grass was totally brown just about a week ago here in Delaware

Since then it has rained about a foot and a half everything is soggy and my shoes are growing mushrooms, Everything is green again and lush, so keep the faith

[a kennedy]

8. Thank you, will try to keep the faith.

[Ocelot II]

5. It should. Grass goes dormant in dry weather, and normally doesn't actually die

unless there's a protracted drought. My yard remained green because I have no grass, just native plants, which tend to be drought-resistant because they have very deep roots. Grass has shallow roots, which is why it doesn't do as well.

[Leghorn21]

6. Hey, a, wear your brown lawn as a badge of honor!

Your idiot neighbors are trashing Earth’s resources because they’re vain and foolish— I’m glad you’re not one of them!!

[a kennedy]

9. 🤣 😂 🤣 never thought of it that way......thanks.

[Leghorn21]

11. Sure thing, a!

And I don’t mean to be overly-nasty about your neighbors, but really, you’re showing you give a damn, while the greenies are flaunting their ignorance/foolishness about the state of our planet —

[GenXer47]

13. so does cutting it with a gas mower

Enough with the lawns, America. If you have little kids, sure, but after that plant some prairie grass and call it a day.

[Ocelot II]

14. Leghorn21 is right. Grass wastes resources - water and fertilizer -

but it doesn't give anything back. It has no flowers for pollinators; there's not enough of it on a lawn to feed rabbits or other herbivores; it just sits there and tries to suck up water with its shallow roots so it doesn't turn brown and look terrible. If you want a green lawn that's actually useful, plant clover or creeping thyme, or just let the creeping charlie grow. At least it's green and has flowers.

[Mister Ed]

10. I'll take a brown dessert over a brown desert any day.

Especially if the brown dessert is chocolate mousse.

[CurtEastPoint]

15. my first thought.... that, or....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. I would gladly mow that lawn. For pay, just give me a glass of milk.

[a kennedy]

17. Damn, me too. 😅

[a kennedy]

18. Ooooops, just seeing that now.....will fix it, and thanks.

[we can do it]

12. It's doing what it's supposed to be doing. Don't waste water on it.