We are still getting some tomatos, banana peppers, and our okry is surviving. We are getting some rain every few days, though. We discovered that the cheapo soaker hoses had splits in them and were not watering our okry patch properly. We now using a lawn sprinkler on them. That okry plot was just a last minute, thrown together plot on a sunny area in our far-back yard. No soil test or anything. Next year we will get a soil test and put in drip irrigation like our main garden plot.
The back of our Van holds 9 buckets. It takes 5 trips to haul in enough water for everything, then we have to carry the buckets in a wheelbarrow and yard cart to the plants that need the water the most.
Eventually, I think Hubby will put in some sort of drip irrigation. He is also seriously considering building a cistern.
We live beyond the city limits in a county that has little rules re: zoning etc. So as long as federal and state laws are ok we could do it.
We know that we are allowed to have a swimming pool, so that is a cheap stop-gap measure we will try.