In our Florida Sun and Summer extreme heat, grass here in our small part of Florida, is hard to keep alive. Above is what you get with a sprinkler system and below is the house 4 down from us tht has gone to seed and the weeds are taking over the house.
Yard work in FL must bed done by professionals or dedicated retired owners.
And gallons of water. I am afraid the few people watering there yards are wasting our water supply.
We are somewhere in the middle. Bob has always cuts what ever grows once a week and weed wacked and that is it.
On my morning walks, I pass some with green and some like this one.
The green grass and this house are only 5 houses from each other.
we have beauty and the beast on every street.
Drought is wreaking havoc here and other places.
We are desperate for rain. Our back yard is all sand.
Drought is a horrible thing. It seems it is either too much rain, or not enough.
Our world is in danger from Climate Changes, it is not to late to change the path we are on.
. the house above photo was take 1 month ago, and the post has been in drafts for a month.
The house now has garlands of the weed hanging all around the eaves like Christmas Garland.
WE GOT RAIN, 3 times, in 4 days for a total almost 6 inches of rain.
Everything Turned GREEN
Friday will show you how much rain came, this post was only 2 inches, the first day of The Rain
Now we wait to see what hurricane Elsa will do or not do.... we are green while we wait.
What's happening in your part of our world?
18 comments:
I agree abut climate change, it is affecting and wrecking everything. Most peple don't seem to care or even believe it.
our lawn looks eggs-tremely awful, because of the pee-spots... not even da rain can wash it away ;O)
Yes, climate change is real, though many do not believe it. I hope Elsa calms down for you before she arrives. It doesn’t take much for our grass to go brown in the summer, but we have had rain on and off up here. I hope you got just enough to help with the drought. I guess you will be get more with Elsa.
Hari OM
Here? Well, I can't see the hills for mist and rain and there is a cool breeze (it's about 60'F). The rain has been constant for two days now...
The whole climate is topsy turvy and still the oil barons want it all their way... YAM xx
Around here the grass is always green until late summer then it usually turns brown and the only thing growing in the yards are the weeds. We've had a pretty good mixture this year of sun and rain and everything is looking really green around here.
This year, it's rainy & all is well as far as grass grows. But sometimes it's feast or famine.
Hallelujah! ... and what a difference between the well-tended and gone-to-pot lawns. Those garlands look like kudzu. Is anyone actually living there?
Sad when folks grow too old to maintain their properties or can't afford to have someone do it. When we had our home in Arizona built (2005), Tom dug and installed PVC irrigation but there's no way he could do that now.
Our neighborhood is like yours and our yard is like your yard too. Our backyard is all sand and the front only looks nice and green after rain, no sprinklers here either.
I think climate change is already way worse than we even know. It's scary!
The guy across the street from us has sod grass. It seems to enjoy the heat here. He does have to use a special mower for it.
Elsa will give everything down your way a good soaking
Hugs Cecilia
We are in drought here too but not to the rationing stage yet.
Things do stay fairly green with our midnight spritzes with the sprinkler.
It seems Elsa just gave you a soaking but not too much damage from what I can gather. Hope the hurricanes in the future will be calm too.
Not going to be quite so hot today..just in the low 90's. It does give our AC a break too.
Our weather has been surprisingly pleasant for the last week or so. It's usually so muggy you can hardly breathe. Meanwhile, my friend in Washington state has been suffering with temperatures over 100 degrees. I can't understand people who say climate change isn't real. We have to do something, and SOON!
Hi lady....we have been having rain here in Nashville but it only takes a couple of days with the heat to dry the grass out. I do not water my yard, I do water my flowers.. My yard was cut a week ago Wed. and since we have not but one 20 min rain, the grass is not growing so I have not cut since. Rain coming in this week and that will all change. Proud of you that you are still walking in the morns....great job.
Our barrel containing rainwater is full. God has provided the conditions for natural watering of the garden. It's very humid and we have had thunder and lightening. I hope and pray you get the rain you need. Wasting water by using sprinklers is not on. When we have periods of no rain there's a ban on hose pipes and sprinklers. Stay safe during your stormy weather.
I believe you should be safe from the hurricane from what I heard. Our sprinklers must run everyday in the summer and every other day in the winter months unless we get rain. Many people are putting in fake lawns here. They talk about water shortages all the time yet they never stop building homes which use a lot of water.
Your neighborhood sounds a lot like ours with the grass. Our weather has been okay here for summer....
WOW! What a difference the rain makes. We have had very little rain and are in a serious drought.
I'm Auckland, New Zealand where there is a kind of drought - caused by the city fathers in decades gone by who have failed to make enough catchment dams to provide the ever growing population - and then say "we haven't any water, the level is down" - Do They Think we are gullible to their issues.
I recently got an email from Property Managers for this unit a long attachment from WaterCare about price rise in July! And seem to recall there was one this time last year...
I did not know about your drought. For the past 19 years, now going on 20, I have lived in drought areas in Texas and New Mexico. It is a sad thing to see happen. But when rains come (when they do), you are so right, everything literally greens up overnight. I think a lot more people might need to "xeriscape" their yards now, even in non-desert areas.
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