Wasting water..!

LOL Hornbeam Twas a shock then!!

I totally agree with all of you and never water my lawn, i'm doing the same as Hornbeam now and just watering containers and things in the greenhouse.

 

i had to go to the Docs the other day and took a short cut through a brand new housing estate.it all looked very barren to me with the odd conifer in a pot stood next to the front door.i turned a corner and saw a lawn being watered by an automatic sprinkler.it was maybe 5 sqare meters with pansies on 3 sides.the sprinkler was about 2 thirds up the lawn spraying mostly forward and a little to the sides.most of the water was trickling down the pavement with one neat little row of pansies slowly buckling.i could hear but not see the family enjoying the day in the back garden and i just thought to myself you couldve watered those flowers with the kids help with maybe 3 watering cans in less than 10 minuites.what a waste.

 

Heavy clouds overhead now, but will it rain? Some of us may get some, but I'm not hopeful. Both water barrels empty again and everything is crisp and crunchy. Trees shedding leaves already.

Hope it rains for you soon

 

The amount of rain required to actually make a difference now would mean the rest of the summer would have to be a washout.
Lets wait till November, then it can rain.

 

pete...we want rain before november !! as its like living in a desert.. :D we had a bit yesterday and you cant tell at all now..bring on the rain lots of it so we can breathe easy..and sleep..If this is a sign of things to come i really can see people doing away with lawns which would be a shame..but my front lawn makes the garden their look dismal as its orange with green spots..and it makes it all look uncared for..i wouldnt mind rain for the next month as i am fed up of living in the heat..

 

Admittedly there is no hosepipe ban here but while out shopping in local town yesterday at mid-day in full sun, flowers were being watered with hose in the middle of a roundabout!

Wouldn't you think that local authorities would set an example? Maybe it was sub-contracted out, I don't know. Nobody cares anymore!

 

Lots of nightly downpours please big man upstairs!

 

Wildflower, your reference to a desert made me laugh... it must be 18 months since we had any PROPER rain, prior to our tropical like storm on Wednesday of this week ......we've had thunderstorms and a few showery days but last year our hot weather started the end of March and from June to middle November the temperature didn't fall much below 35�° (sometimes reaching 40�° in August)the autumn was balmy and dry apart from a couple of downpours ... our winter was unusually cold, with a hoar frost which lasted about 8 days, unknown of here !!! but still no rain .....and now into July we have already topped 42�° !!! goodness knows what August will bring .... and yet we have no water restrictions in the home ...the irrigation for the mais is reduced to 3 days and some public car washes have been stopped .....the vineyards of course are never alowed to water (it gives an even playing field) .... sadly a lot of potted plants have suffered especially the petunias, despite TLC and midnight quenching ....but as they are in full sun on the terrace they have literally burned to death !! I shall replace them with the long suffering, hardy, geraniums ......I leave the garden on the whole to it's own devices ...I can't remember when our grass was last green !!!!!

So do not despair ...and remember once it starts raining over there it won't know when to stop ... I remember those long ago days and I do not crave for them :D One thing we couldn't live without is our shutters .... they keep the house with its metre thick stone walls lovely and cool and combined with tiled foors make a very comfortable retreat from the heat of the day ..... Keep smiling everyone !!! M-L

[ 21. July 2006, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: Mona Lisa ]

 

We need rain now, Pete and badly :( I know that the underground resources will only be filled if it rains non stop all summer. The point is that unless we get a good soaking now then many plants will die. I am going to bail out my pond and chuck buckets over the roses to try to save them. At the same time, I hope that will kill the horrible duck weed and give me a chance to clean out the sludge.

 

No Thanks mona lisa ..you are welcome to it i prefer the uk..I dont like humidity and this blazing heat.. with the curtains closed like someone has died to keep the heat out..I have 4 fans and a air cooling system..and i am still hot..honestly you may laugh but it is like living in a desert..the lawns are orange the soil dried up and i have lost a couple of plants on the front garden which is the worst regarding heat..they are all crispy... :( I like the weather in the uk well when its normal not this never ending stretch of sun ..sun and more sun..so you are constantly thirsty and feel uncomfortable..I havnt been anywhere really hot ever and dont wish to go either..I have lived in germany for a few years but that was similar to the uk except the heat was dry..I cant wait for the autumn..cool air.. dark nights..zzzzzzzzzzzz..

 

Same here wildflower!

 

ALLTOGETHER NOW..
Rain Dance

Drought. The sun pulls, but the plant can no longer lift water through its system, for the connection between the sky, the soil moisture, and the roots of the plant have been broken. Death follows: the grass, the herd, and then the herdsman.

For centuries the peoples of this high desert have practiced their only sure way to break a drought. They pray. They dance. Here is the way of the Hopi.

There had been a four month drought in southwest Colorado, and the Hopis of Shungopavi in Arizona went into a spiritual retreat. On June 19, 1996, they emerged from their kiva. The next day it rained at Chimney Rock, Colorado, just southwest of Pagosa Springs.

That Independence Day weekend they danced at Chimney Rock, CO, which is a sacred place to them.

The Corn Dance began at noon, with an elder leading, as he scattered corn pollen for the rain to follow. The ceremony was performed by singers, dancers, and drummers. As soon as the corn dance ended it began to sprinkle.

The second dance began and a steady rain wet down the area; then the Rainbow Dance just as the sun came through.

It rained on their corn at Shungopavi the day after the Hopi returned from the Chimney Rock dance.