Occasionally we have extreme heat and drought stress that will cause the lawns to turn brown.  Normally we recommend not raking out the brown areas as they will re-grow after adequate rainfall or irrigation. To break the drought we recommend to irrigate with a sprinkler and let it run all night in each area of the lawn. In 2023 this stress is so severe that some of these areas of extreme desiccation of the grass is so bad that it may not survive.  Please follow the recommendations above to break the drought stress.