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Drought...

Rich Z

Rich Z

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Darn...

Been about two months without any appreciable rain around here. The native plants are showing the stress. The dogwoods are drooping their leaves. We're trying to keep up on the stuff we have planted, but it's almost like a full time job.

At least it seems to be keeping the mosquitos at bay, but not having any impact on the yellow flies.

The hornets are all seeking out any water source, so they are constantly at any plants that are watering. The bird bath is pretty popular as well.

Doesn't look like much, if any, relief in the weather forecast.

Hope our well doesn't run dry.... :nonod:
 
Ouch... been hitting 100 degrees here the last couple of days. NO rain, even though some spotty showers hit all around us. The birds follow us around everywhere to see where we are going to turn on the sprinklers to water the plants.....

I think the yellow flies are just getting hungrier and thirstier the hotter and drier it gets.
 
We got lucky and got 1" of rain Wends. It was a system that was over the great lakes, went off the northeast coast of the U.S. and then came ashore on the east coast of FL. Never saw a system do anything as funny as this one did. Now we are back to hot and dry.
 
It sounds like you are walking on potato chips when you walk through the grass or in the woods. Definite EXTREME fire hazard out there.....
 
Matter of fact, according to the weather radar, it's raining here right now. But none is making it to the ground, apparently.... :rolleyes:
 
NOW we are getting RAIN..... BIG TIME..... Buckets full........

About darn time. The dogwoods were looking right puny.....
 
We actually got a pretty good long drenching rain. Temp dropped down to 75 degrees and it's very humid.

This should hold the plants for a while. Some were really getting stressed out and ready to drop their leaves.

Of course, with the sandy soils here, a few days of 100 degree temps and it will appear to be dry as a bone again.
 
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