hi steve

You are quite correct. Lawns will recover over here because the climate will ensure rain some time in the year.

In very dry weather I water my lawn - well throw buckets of bathwater and kitchen water on it. I must be getting old because believe it or not I actually like cutting my lawn these days.

It was not always so. up until a couple of years ago I used to reckon I had no time ( and even less inclination) to mowing. My good lady used to say that I would have let it grow up to my waist if she didn't bribe me to cut it. !!!!!!!!

I use soapy water because many years ago when my dad did all the gardening he saw Percy Thrower on TV during a drought advising people with parched lawns to sprinkle water with washing up liquid mixed in just before the rain finally comes. This helps the rain to enter the ground straight away instead of running off.

Cheers

MikeL2