We have not had 7 days in a row without rain -- and we have barely hit 80 this summer. Even in a normal summer, we don't water -- nor do we pour chemicals on the lawn. We let the lawn go brown if there is no rain. We hand water the flowers, but rarely use fertilizer. We live on a lake and I cringe when people crave a green lawn and pour all the chemicals on it and then the chemicals run off their property and into the lake.