What he made was brilliant gold, kissed with honey and the herbal spice of summer grass.
In golf's early days in this country, both hearty summer grass strains and irrigation systems were rare.
"Starting this summer a great deal of the grass is going to be left to grow longer and wilder, " he said.
Sweeping strings evoke images of a beautiful sunny summer day, laying in the grass by a pond, complete with the chirps of crickets and the sound of wind through the trees.
Once felt the freedom of the summer breeze blow these trees, the grass matted in her hands, the delights of jam teas and giggles of girls in our uniforms and plimsoles.
Rain over the summer has meant a poorer quality of grass silage, and the farm's maize crop is also expected to produce lower yields when it is harvested in the coming weeks.
Any colourful flowers are good, and the caterpillars of a lot of British butterflies are grass eaters - so allowing native species of grass to grow a bit longer in the summer will help.
"I grew up on about 110 acres in the middle of nowhere and spent mostly every day of the summer in a bathing suit, running around on the grass and having barbecues for dinner, " Ms. Kavanagh said.
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But this Saturday, we all later agreed, was the first day of summer: the smell of plowed fields and first-cut grass, the river flushed by rains, its banks covered with ferns and May apples and early wild flowers, dame's rocket and white trillium.
He said the grass also benefitted local wildlife by providing seeds for some birds and attracting butterflies in the summer.
Shrimpers on the Louisiana Gulf Coast are worried about another rite of summer: a strong seasonal incoming tide that is known locally for bringing in nutrients that feed marsh grass.
The most significant feature of Nevins's garden at Middlefield is the hornbeam room, entered as one moves up a flight of stone-and-grass steps toward a bench set on axis with what is the beating heart of any country house in summer, the well-used and much-loved screened porch.
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