Talking to the grass - how has it come to this?

Always one to have his ear to the ground, Farming columnist Denis Lehane tries his hand at grass whispering in this week's Lighten Up.

Here on this farm, the grass has to make it on its own two feet. The fertiliser spinner in this yard hasn't spun for some time.

I had a good talk with the grass the other day — a right frank discussion.

"Grass," says I, "This crack of refusing to grow has got to stop.