Our new beige grass

[JoeM 7,871]

With the moderate drought we have beige grass.

Pic looking up toward the shop. It has been six weeks now not cutting the grass on this hill.

How dry are you?

 

[ebinmaine 67,283]

Not much water around here either. 

Much of Maine is in drought as well. 

[rjg854 11,350]

looks much the same here in the Finger Lakes of NY

[SylvanLakeWH 25,493]

About the same here in Michigan...

 

Just got back from road trip out west -  same pretty much across the country...

 

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by SylvanLakeWH

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

We have been getting plenty of rain here

in middle Tennessee.Normally its hot and 

dry and we would have that same brown 

crunch under our feet! It has been 

rather hot tho!!

[953 nut 55,091]

Western NC has become a Rain Forest lately. With two hurricanes headed up the Gulf of Mexico @The Tuul Crib and I will be gettin a bunch more this weekend. Bring your buckets and get all you want, we have an abundance.

[bottjernat1 2,190]

At our place we have had rain off and on but not much this year so far. I mow about every 2 to 3 weeks instead of the normal of once a week. 

[Achto 27,506]

Not much for rain in central Wisconsin either. Last Thursday was the first time that had mowed lawn in 4 weeks, & that was just to knock the tall weeds down that some how still manage to grow. Looking at local corn fields is pretty sad also. Corn that should maturing and making ears is starting to turn brown with only small ears to show.

[peter lena 8,583]

joem, yes , i have the same brown look on my lawn , it just steadily faded from heat and lack of water , my lawn was , solid green and regularly cut , now the only grass i have is in tree shaded areas , it will be back as the weather cools and fall rains feed it , pete 

[clueless 2,976]

Over 16 inches in my back yard in the last two months down here, and a 1 1/4 inch torrent in less than 35 minutes yesterday afternoon. Looks like both hurricanes will miss me, but still going to get rain from them. Dog Days in the south, you gotta love 'em .

Edited August 24, 2020 by clueless

[Skwerl58 702]

Had 4" Friday morning that caused some major flash flooding here in SWVA. My grass is growing like it is May due to the ongoing rain. Forecast is four days without rain this week and this summer that is rare. This is the third time this spring & summer that we have had major flash flooding which is rare. 

[lynnmor 7,302]

Absolutely perfect weather here, extremely hot and enough rain to give me the most perfect crop of crabgrass ever!

[Ed Kennell 38,024]

                                                                    

Yep, plenty of green here in SC  PeeAaa  Joe.   We got a good soaker last night and the neighbors were busy early this morning.     I have been mowing every 5-8 days all summer.

We get more rain from the costal storms than you guys get in SW Pa.

 

 

 

[pfrederi 17,672]

Used my other red tractor (she is 76 years old) to help a neighbor by doing some raking on a second cutting this weekend.  Pitiful, grass was only a few inches high..  Been very dry since first cutting.  (Note ..wife took pictures and labeled them she doesn't understand rake vs Tedding...)

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by pfrederi

[JoeM 7,871]

44 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

other red tractor

I seen a old FEL for one of those on FB the other day, I think it was in WV, strange looking thing.

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

SC  PeeAaa

Odd how different each side of the state, 180 out!

[RJ Hamner 1,007]

Crabgrass and weeds doing just fine at our place

[dcrage 627]

Beautiful crabgrass lawn here in eastern Missouri!

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,296]

We have had close to 16 inches so far this month. Due to medical problems grass gets cut when I git round to it.

[Ed Kennell 38,024]

             Here's yur round  TUIT  Jim.               Hope you're felling better soon.     

[tom2p 2,394]

in SW PA - this summer has been one of the hotter summers and also dry

 

a number of days 90+ degrees - and I believe around 3" below average precipitation 

 

lots of dead / dormant (?) brown grass and weeds 

 

ground hard as a rock

 

 

very different than previous two years - previous two years were among the wettest on record 

 

[tom2p 2,394]

hottest summer in my area I can recall was 1988 

 

1988 stats :

 

38 days of 90°+ temperatures

13 days of 95°+ temperatures 

3 days of 100°+ temperatures

 

( 13 consec days of 90+ temps )

 

high temp one day in 1988 was 103 

 

I went dirt bike riding that day with a small group - we did a 100 mile ride on the PA National Forest Marienville loop

 

it was 103 in our area that day - but 'only' 98 or so for a high two hours north in Marienville  lol

 

at the time - the Marienville loop was around 30 miles ;  it has been reduced since then 

 

we did three 30 mile loops - then went 5 miles in and returned 5 miles to get to the 100 miles 

 

[Lee1977 6,647]

We usually have dead grass by now. but it rains almost every day. I had to mow my front lawn twice to get it to look like it was mown. W.e are supose to have a dry day Wensday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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