Let the grass and lady's tresses grow | Brief letters

Mowing the lawn | Emma Raducanu | Fungi | Daddy longlegs | Festive menus Re cutting the grass (Country diary, 8 September), we shall not be mowing our lawns, front, back and verge, until the end of October. By then, hundreds of lady's tresses, the autumn orchid, will have dropped their seeds. Sadly, as we are both 81, we are acting for the future, as orchids take a minimum of seven years to put in an appearance.Brenda Beamond Everton, Hampshire • Would sports writers refer to the success of a ...