as dry as a lizard's tongue in the Mojave desert

Hi Floyd I very much doubt that your Gardening Maintenance Person as you call him is actually "clueless"
His job title is that he maintains the garden,he probably is,nt a Green keeper,I doubt if anyone else could turn the condition of the lawns round until the Autumn,sorry I couldn't be of more help to you,

 

Hi Floyd.. :thumb: I think most of us in the southern part of the country are all suffering the same with our lawns... Brown..... If your student is still coming round why have you not told him to either leave it completely or to raise his blades..?? I have not really cut my grass on weeks except for the few long bits.. Sounds like you could be being a tad harsh here...
This has been the longest driest winter on record & now a very dry summer... I think you should talk to your "students" boss & sort it out first if he " .. Before you try another person.. You say..

So find out why he has not told your "student" what to do... If by then you don't get an answer you like then go elsewhere, but I seriously think most of this is the weather......

 

Hi Floyd,
Just type 'lawn maintenance companies' into google. You'll have a choice of different companies to approach and I'm sure you will get a response from one of them.

I have a lot of lawns but during the drought I accept the fact that they will go brown. They recover pretty quickly once the rain returns. So instead of spending four hours a week mowing I can spend four hours a week doing something else. :thumb: :yho:

Of course, it depends on how much lawn you have. If it is not too big then you can water it regularly without using too much water. Mowing it low is one of the worst things that you can do to a lawn in this weather so I would stop the student from touching the lawn at all.

Good luck :thmb: