larry merlau
Member
- Messages
- 18,741
- Location
- Delton, Michigan
we are down a 1.5" on the rain for this month, and we are way above on over 90 degree days and way above on 100 degree days for this time of year.. so we are dancing in the rain...yahoo
i was starting to get pretty smelly the lack of rain put my showering on hold for to long as soon as it started i got out and scrubbed off the layers since the last rain came wasnt sure i was gonna come clean but i did.. so i am now all clean and refreshed
i was starting to get pretty smelly the lack of rain put my showering on hold for to long as soon as it started i got out and scrubbed off the layers since the last rain came wasnt sure i was gonna come clean but i did.. so i am now all clean and refreshed
Yup... and those NYC'ers are complaining....
Here in the Heartland it's officially the driest year on record (so far), we've had 0.10 inches so far this July and since April 1st, have gotten 30-40% of the normal rainfall during that period... most areas got 6-7 inches while normally expecting 16 or so. We've had 13 inches total this calendar. Of the 6-7 areas around me got, a good half of it was single 3" 2-day 'rain event' in very early June.
I have not mowed my front yard in 4 weeks and have not mowed my back yard in 6 weeks. Neither needs it... most of the back yard is dead. Not dormant. Turned yellow, then white, dead. Large parts of the front yard are starting to go dormant, even though I'm watering every other day. Perhaps I'm over-watering, but daily highs have been over 90, mostly over 95 for the past 6 weeks. It's 99 right now and will be over 100 for the next 3-4 days. When I go out in the mornings, the grass is dry, as is the dirt...
I'd hate to be a farmer right now.