The Drought

[*Awful Llama*]

It's been cloudy all day here but still no dice. How are things looking where you are? My lawn looks like it's trying to pass as a blonde. Any rain in your neck of the woods? Are you watering or just letting nature take its course?

[George Cantstandya]

(09-17-2024, 05:34 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: It's been cloudy all day here but still no dice.  How are things looking where you are?  My lawn looks like it's trying to pass as a blonde.  Any rain in your neck of the woods?  Are you watering or just letting nature take its course?

My lawn looks like Burrow's preseason haircut and crunches when I walk on it. I don't water because I don't care enough to pay more to have a somewhat green lawn for another month or so.  In the big picture no one really cares how my lawn looks aside from me. I don't live in a HOA with a bunch of rules and never will.  In a few weeks I'll be running leaves over dead grass with my mulching mower anyway.

[TecmoBengals]

(09-17-2024, 05:48 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: My lawn looks like Burrow's preseason haircut and crunches when I walk on it. I don't water because I don't care enough to pay more to have a somewhat green lawn for another month or so.  In the big picture no one really cares how my lawn looks aside from me. I don't live in a HOA with a bunch of rules and never will.  In a few weeks I'll be running leaves over dead grass with my mulching mower anyway.

This is what I've embraced. I'm not paying to water a lawn just to conform with some expectation it needs to be more green.

[*Synric*]

West Virginia is in its worst drought in 25 years. I'm not really concerned about my lawn but my garden didn't do well this year so less fresh veggies and peppers. I only got about 2/3rds of the Hay I usually put up every year (which is ok for me because I always put up extra just in case). My pastures didn't grow like normal so I started feeding livestock the first week of September which is over a month early that's not good. I seen somewhere that the total US Hay production is down 20% and I believe it.

[XenoMorph]

(Yesterday, 09:57 AM)Synric Wrote: West Virginia is in its worst drought in 25 years. I'm not really concerned about my lawn but my garden didn't do well this year so less fresh veggies and peppers. I only got about 2/3rds of the Hay I usually put up every year (which is ok for me because I always put up extra just in case). My pastures didn't grow like normal so I started feeding livestock the first week of September which is over a month early that's not good. I seen somewhere that the total US Hay production is down 20% and I believe it.

my Creek is 100% dry....      not even discolored anymore

[*Awful Llama*]

(Yesterday, 01:50 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: my Creek is 100% dry....      not even discolored anymore

There are a couple of little creaks that I pass or cross in my vicinity and and the smallest ones are either dry or mud, and the biggest one is just a trickle.  Bad for the wildlife in the area that depend on them for water and food, too.  

[FormerlyBengalRugby]

Watering the garden, grass, and shrubs/trees we put in last year. We’ve on a well, so it’s only the electrical cost here.

No real rain to speak of.

Garden is doing good, tons of tomatoes, mini-pumpkins, scorpion peppers, pears, and sunchokes. Pear tree gets the extra water from changing out the dog pool.

[SunsetBengal]

I was tired of mowing and weed eating anyway. Luckily there are several natural springs feeding the streams in the valley behind our house, so the deer still frequent them.

[HarleyDog]

It's so dry here, when I turn on the shower, dust comes out.

[masonbengals fan]

(Yesterday, 03:45 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: It's so dry here, when I turn on the shower, dust comes out.

 Really dry at my place also. 2nd cutting of hay was virtually nothing. My brother will barely have enough for his herd. He typically supplies hay to couple of neighboring horse owners but not this year. I quit watering the garden 2 weeks ago but were still getting more than enough tomatoes for wife & I. Not worried about the yard. We need rain. 


U.S. Department of Agriculture declared 23 Ohio counties as natural disaster areas this week due to severe drought.

[HarleyDog]

(Yesterday, 04:15 PM)masonbengals fan Wrote:

 Really dry at my place also. 2nd cutting of hay was virtually nothing. My brother will barely have enough for his herd. He typically supplies hay to couple of neighboring horse owners but not this year. I quit watering the garden 2 weeks ago but were still getting more than enough tomatoes for wife & I. Not worried about the yard. We need rain. 


U.S. Department of Agriculture declared 23 Ohio counties as natural disaster areas this week due to severe drought.

F'k my yard. I hate mowing it anyway. Why? Because we have some hickory trees that drop nuts all over the place. I lawn sweep to death and can't seem to keep them tame. At least with the grass yellow, I get a better pickup on each pass. I looked out my windows a short time ago and had 8 squirrels in my yard having a feast. I swear to god all mighty, if I had a gun it would be their last supper. 

[*Awful Llama*]

(Yesterday, 04:38 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: F'k my yard. I hate mowing it anyway. Why? Because we have some hickory trees that drop nuts all over the place. I lawn sweep to death and can't seem to keep them tame. At least with the grass yellow, I get a better pickup on each pass. I looked out my windows a short time ago and had 8 squirrels in my yard having a feast. I swear to god all mighty, if I had a gun it would be their last supper. 

You want to kill the squirrels who are ridding your yard of the nuts you hate?  Hell, you should post flyers on all the local trees advertising the free nut buffet you're hosting

[HarleyDog]

(3 hours ago)Awful Llama Wrote: You want to kill the squirrels who are ridding your yard of the nuts you hate?  Hell, you should post flyers on all the local trees advertising the free nut buffet you're hosting

It doesn't quite work that way. These little bastards bust them up into several pieces, which sometimes get stuck in the dogs' paws and make it nearly impossible for the lawn sweeper to collect them. 

[*Awful Llama*]

(3 hours ago)HarleyDog Wrote: It doesn't quite work that way. These little bastards bust them up into several pieces, which sometimes get stuck in the dogs' paws and make it nearly impossible for the lawn sweeper to collect them. 

Ah, I see, they're just ***** with you. Well that's different.