A good little storm came thru yesterday, I think we got an inch or so, Now for about 15 more… not in the same day, jus sayin!
Look at that, sweet rain is coming!
And after, we had a little pond out front, the ducks loved it!
Don't worry, its only an inch deep!
The sunflowers loved it too!
The forecast says maybe some more rain until Friday, let’s hope!
The heat and lack of water finally got us, I can’t afford to irrigate and It isn’t helping all that much anyway!
The Spring garden is about done, we have a few cukes left, some watermelons vines and a few sunflowers still kicking but the rest is bone dry!
We did put up a good fight , we got alot of tomatoes , peppers, squash and onions. The cucumbers didn’t do as well as I hoped, although we did get a couple batches of pickles! So for now mother nature , you win.
This sunflower isn't facing the sun, what the heck?
I found a large grasshopper in the tomatoes, it was black with racing stripes, red and yellow. I thought it was pretty cool looking. Then I found this one later , it was larger and a whole different color. After a google search I found out this was a lubber grasshopper, they travel in packs and are darn near indestructable.
The adult version!
My knife for scale
If you want to read more see what Wikipedia has to say.
So for now, Im waiting to get the fall garden going, and doin the big rain dance!!
Later
