So far this July, the official rainfall total for Indianapolis is about a third of an inch, with no relief in sight. We're on pace for the driest July since they started keeping record here.
Hauling water to the veggies is turning into a twice-daily chore. It would be really sweet of Mother Nature to water the lawn, though.
I have several acre-inches to spare. Free. Just pay shipping and handling.
ReplyDeleteA fellow could have made good money in these parts by cornering the market on sump pumps.
It's awful here. We are praying for wet bricks in the street. The dryness makes the heat much worse.
ReplyDeleteI firmly believe God drinks.
Thanks, now I got Marty Robbins stuck in my head... more than usual...
ReplyDeleteGenedunn: Pul-eeeeze. I know Marty covrered it, but that just makes him a poseur, a Johnny-come-lately to the sublime Sons of the Pioneers.
ReplyDeleteI hear they need rain down in the West Texas town of El Paso.
That's what I think when it rains here: Thank you nature for watering my plants, and washing my truck.
ReplyDeleteI don't live in Indiana, but a couple states over.
ReplyDeleteI've quit trying to water the lawn. I just can't put enough on it to handle the heat with combined lack of rain. I've retreated to just trying to keep the rhododenrons and azaelas alive, and even that's more difficult than expected.
We've had more rain than you've had, but we've had all of a half inch since the first week of the month, and even then I'm not sure we actually saw it at our house.
Polar opposite here, raining again today. Not much, but everything's still soaked from last week, so it's not going anywhere.
ReplyDeleteJust walk away.
ReplyDeleteYou think it's dry there?
ReplyDeleteDrought in Texas is so bad....
.. a dry martini is just a glass full of air.
.. trees are begging for dogs to "mark" 'em.
.. three parishioners were scalded by the holy water.
Yeah, it's hot n' dry here.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I've managed to keep the tomato and pepper plants, and one squash, alive; but they're producing nothing. I'm hoping can keep them semi-green until this heat breaks.
ReplyDeleteThe last seeds I planted wouldn't even sprout.
We put a dehumidifier in the living room and have kept the tomatoes, other veggies [one shall be nameless], and the flowers growing. I have a drip line for the trees. OldeForce
ReplyDeletewv: hooth What you say when you walk out into the humidity.
And up here in the Former Republic of Daleystan (aka Chicago), we've set a record for the wettest July in recorded history.
ReplyDeleteI'll trade you a basement full of water for a sprig of basil.