tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7027422878528806743..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: All day I face the barren wastes...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77261958263379310032011-07-30T01:55:55.230-04:002011-07-30T01:55:55.230-04:00And up here in the Former Republic of Daleystan (a...And up here in the Former Republic of Daleystan (aka Chicago), we've set a record for the wettest July in recorded history.<br /><br />I'll trade you a basement full of water for a sprig of basil.Scout26https://www.blogger.com/profile/06463352978250511474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88972787220241781432011-07-29T20:19:40.904-04:002011-07-29T20:19:40.904-04:00We put a dehumidifier in the living room and have ...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<br />wv: hooth What you say when you walk out into the humidity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39697885703293172672011-07-27T13:38:05.852-04:002011-07-27T13:38:05.852-04:00I've managed to keep the tomato and pepper pla...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.<br /><br />The last seeds I planted wouldn't even sprout.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48236030823853399072011-07-27T12:58:54.013-04:002011-07-27T12:58:54.013-04:00You think it's dry there?
Drought in Texas is...You think it's dry <i>there?</i><br /><br />Drought in Texas is so bad....<br /><br />.. a dry martini is just a glass full of air.<br /><br />.. trees are begging for dogs to "mark" 'em.<br /><br />.. three parishioners were scalded by the holy water.<br /><br /><br />Yeah, it's hot n' dry here.<br /><br /><br />Jim<br />Sunk New Dawn<br />Galveston, TXJimhttp://smokeonthewater.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46484294705174532422011-07-27T12:15:02.300-04:002011-07-27T12:15:02.300-04:00Just walk away.Just walk away.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79583143469755195982011-07-27T12:12:27.164-04:002011-07-27T12:12:27.164-04:00Polar opposite here, raining again today. Not muc...Polar opposite here, raining again today. Not much, but everything's still soaked from last week, so it's not going anywhere.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141654754595945677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76726334224946034882011-07-27T11:33:45.903-04:002011-07-27T11:33:45.903-04:00I don't live in Indiana, but a couple states o...I don't live in Indiana, but a couple states over.<br /><br />I'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. <br /><br />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.The Raving Prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830254881182697135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69914622960285538772011-07-27T08:59:48.692-04:002011-07-27T08:59:48.692-04:00That's what I think when it rains here: Thank...That's what I think when it rains here: Thank you nature for watering my plants, and washing my truck.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12994774739712550952011-07-27T08:45:33.552-04:002011-07-27T08:45:33.552-04:00Genedunn: Pul-eeeeze. I know Marty covrered it, bu...Genedunn: 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. <br /><br />I hear they need rain down in the West Texas town of El Paso.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75290230784385472762011-07-27T08:33:42.779-04:002011-07-27T08:33:42.779-04:00Thanks, now I got Marty Robbins stuck in my head.....Thanks, now I got Marty Robbins stuck in my head... more than usual...genedunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097356800628843967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51103669899724731972011-07-27T08:17:28.745-04:002011-07-27T08:17:28.745-04:00It's awful here. We are praying for wet brick...It's awful here. We are praying for wet bricks in the street. The dryness makes the heat much worse.<br /><br /> I firmly believe God drinks.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66849389418983081142011-07-27T08:03:13.816-04:002011-07-27T08:03:13.816-04:00I have several acre-inches to spare. Free. Just pa...I have several acre-inches to spare. Free. Just pay shipping and handling.<br /><br />A fellow could have made good money in these parts by cornering the market on sump pumps.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.com