On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:48:59 +0000, Janet wrote:

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He lives in Suffolk, which has been heavily flooded. Sunny weather at
this time of year has minimum evaporation effect so won't reduce the
water held in saturated soil. Nor will "aerating the lawn".
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I fear that you are mis-informed.

Where I live in Suffolk has not been 'heavily flooded' - in fact if we
were heavily flooded some people a bit nearer sea level would be in very
deep trouble indeed.

So it was a serious question, and advice to consider aerating the lawn
before mowing seems reasonable.

The water table is not as high as the lawn - there are lower areas of the
garden which are not flooded.

So the ground seems soggy but not water logged.

Cheers

Dave R