Simply..the green green grass of home....

21/7/2018

I am amazed at how green the grass has stayed in the heatwave.

I watered it every few days when the weather first turned hot (before Open Days) but not since. I can only suppose that all the early season lawn care - scarifying, feeding and weeding - got it into really good condition and that has seen it through, and in the last couple of weeks we have had the odd rainy day. Just enough to keep it fresh.

Short blog break coming up (to keep me fresh too).

21 Comments

Sheena

20/7/2018 11:48:04 pm

Your grass is looking good and the feeding must have helped. Mine stayed mostly green but I suspect that is the proportion of clover and buttercups to grass.
Love how the big golden conifer at the end of your garden sets off the mixed planting in the foreground.
Enjoy your break.

Freda

27/7/2018 04:22:45 am

The golden shrub is clipped lonicera nitida (the most ungainly plant in the world). my ambition is to make a perfect ball - a way to go!

Linda

21/7/2018 01:11:38 am

I have two areas of lawn. The front one has dried out a fair bit, but looking out from the back of the house you wouldn't really know there was an issue. Husband says it's because we have such a lot of moss in the grass! Our hedges are rampant, with the best crop of blackberries we've seen here, but I'm worried about our camelia - they apparently like lots of rain in the summer in order to flower well the following spring. We had a lovely show this year, and I'm steeling myself for disappointment next!

Freda

27/7/2018 04:24:10 am

There's no 'one size fits all' in gardening is there!

Mary

21/7/2018 08:25:53 am

Garden looks lovely. Your hard work really paid off. Enjoy your break.

Freda

27/7/2018 04:24:38 am

Thanks Mary.

cathy

21/7/2018 08:35:57 am

the heat has turned our grass brown. we could look at the up side of this - we don't have to cut it. rest & relax, but hurry back.

Freda

27/7/2018 04:25:36 am

I'm cutting only once in a few weeks which is a nice break from that chore.

cath

21/7/2018 08:38:24 am

Will be thinking of you during your break. Take care.

Freda

27/7/2018 04:26:06 am

Thank you Cath.

Laura

21/7/2018 11:21:18 am

There are so many different greens in your garden. It’s like a dappled impressionist painting, I love it x

Freda

27/7/2018 04:26:42 am

That's a lovely thought. Thank you!

Viv link

22/7/2018 01:32:27 am

For some reason the one here in Yorkshire has stayed pretty green - I have no idea why it is unwatered all this time - just one brown patch on a corner by the paving.
Have a nice break.

Freda

27/7/2018 04:27:47 am

York was pretty brown when I was down though Newby Hall gardens were superb!

Julia

22/7/2018 06:11:24 am

And when you come back..i want to know how to scarify the grass! Does this involve making faces?

Freda

27/7/2018 04:28:58 am

Tee hee! I have an electric scairfyer (but it's still quite hard work).

Gail

23/7/2018 03:56:12 am

Tom Jones song “Green green grass of home” is my ear worm now after reading your post’s title

Freda

27/7/2018 04:29:33 am

Hope that didn't annoy you all day!

Gail

28/7/2018 09:06:23 am

I went to youTube, listened to Tom Jones sing it, ear worm gone. I find listening to a whole song gets the parts I remember out of my head.

Lotta link

24/7/2018 01:11:04 am

It looks a lot fresher than here! But as Cathy says, the bonus is that I haven't had to cut it for weeks. Love all the shapes in your garden.

Freda

27/7/2018 04:30:45 am

It's my three dimensional composition really, always changing of course, and therefore challenging.

Simply..the green green grass of home....

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