Hi Allen, We've been having a rather bad drought for us this year, but I've never seen what you're talking about. Is it fairly common in your area? BTW, I live in Matt's part of the country. Bambi Coastal Carolina where Bonnie has taken care of the current drought. I really do feel for those people in Texas who have had such a severe drought and then all this flooding! >Hi Matt, > Have you been having drought problems followed by heavy or persistant >rain? Just guessing but something like a lot of or a concentration of >tannic acid from the oaks' drip line might be the cause. >Allen >Bastrop Co.,Tx > >penny x stamm wrote: > >> Matt, at what time of year does this brown grass appear, or was >> it there when they moved in...? >> >> I have two gurus locally who might be able to assist. >> >> Penny, NY >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >> Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >> Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >