EdgeThe Southeast US drought map as of today. My region of Western NC is in one of the regions of extreme drought. El Niño will not make any of this better.
Interactive, can get down to individual counties.
saarmuller@czarbucks Not good.
The whole country is a mess, areas like Colorado with the Rocky Mountains and all of their winds are really in danger.
@czarbucks Here they predict a dry and hot summer (like ,1976, which was exceptional). At home our small " garden" is adjacent to one of the smaller canals. The subsurface of the garden is concrete so it dries quickly and some many years we use a solar panel plus pump to water it.
Surface water is a little more distant to my allotment but not too far away so I think I will buy a second panel plus pump. Nowadays they are small and not expensive.
Surface water is a little more distant to my allotment but not too far away so I think I will buy a second panel plus pump. Nowadays they are small and not expensive.
Maria Langer | 📝🛥️💎@saarmuller @czarbucks I am totally tuned in to desert gardening. I rely on irrigation to run daily. But instead of using sprinklers, which are so common in the east, I use a drip irrigation system that delivers droplets of water directly to the base of plants. It's a lot less wasteful while being able to deliver water exactly where it needs to be. My lawn does have three sprinklers, but it's a small lawn and I've fine-tuned them to water just the grass.
@mlanger @czarbucks Yes, our solar pump also is connected to irrigation drips. Although we could pump as much water as we want, we do not want to get more impurities than necessary. The nice aspect in our climate is that the pump stops on cloudy days when evaporation is a lot smaller here.
@saarmuller @czarbucks I like the idea of a solar pump. Unfortunately, I have to irrigate with city water which is very expensive where I live. I actually pay more money for water than I do for electricity every month. Summer is killer. My neighbors didn't realize the situation and put in a large lawn. They are tearing it out because it costs them more than $500 a month to keep it irrigated. Ouch! My lawn is tiny and my dogs really like it.