Weather analysis: Not looking good for any widespread rainfall anytime soon
“Bottom line: we are in a dry pattern for quite some time with some hit-and-miss showers and thunderstorms. This could lead to abnormally dry conditions across the area, especially if June precipitation totals are far below average.”
SW Wisconsin may be going into a drought. My fruit trees are suffering, as are the berries and grapes, so I am giving them all a good soaking this morning.
Weather in the 80’s and 90’s this upcoming week. No rain. :( We’ve had 1-inch of rain for the entire month of May.
On the Bright Side? Less moisture, LESS BUGS! :)
Complete kit with pressure regulator and screen/mesh filter. Will do 100 foot of row(up to rows) and costs $60. Comes with five shut offs in case a row or two are harvested and no longer need to be watered etc. I have three rows and a couple of raise beds so this will be perfect.
I'll be able to sit in the air conditioning while watering instead of standing out in the heat moving the hose every few minutes. Since we don't have a well and rely on water tanks, the least amount of water used, the better. Mulch + drip is the ticket. An RV pump gives us water pressure for the house so I'm going to get a small RV pump to run the drip system. I already have 12 volt power out there.
And YES. Let those ticks die of thirst.
Just looked at the forecast and in a few days, it will hit 90. Looks like an early hot dry summer again. According to tracking, my shade cloth is 30 miles away but tomorrow's a holiday so it should get here Tuesday.
For those in our area who were looking for a sunny & warm Memorial Day holiday weekend to start off their summer, they are sorely disappointed. Clouds moved in Friday afternoon (after a cool & very blustery week). We’ve had showers beginning Saturday evening off/on & had 1/4 inch of rain in the gauge when I checked before going to bed last night. This morning, the rain gauge shows 3/4 inch. We’re supposed to have showers off & on through Wednesday.
For all the transplants we did this spring, the rain we’ve gotten at fairly regular intervals has been great: the boxwoods are growing, the hydrangeas are starting to bloom, the lavender is blooming & the hostas that got moved look great. I was worried about the hydrangeas because I had to cut some large roots to move them, but with daily watering for the first week or so & a location that is much better for them, after about 2 weeks of looking punk, they have perked up & are putting out quantities of leaves, now blooms. Hydrangeas are a sentimental favorite - my Granny had them on one whole side of the house, the side that had the door into the large mudroom - this was the door they used all the time since they had a farm/dairy.
So what to do when it’s raining for 2-3 days? Marathon knitting, trying to catch up on projects: 3 prayer shawls for recent widows in our church, the 2nd leg warmer of a pair that are a Christmas present from last year, & a project for the county fair that a friend has been bugging me to enter for at least 3 years. My hands were so cramped up last night I had to break out the hemp + emu oil cream. Back at it again today while watching the rain fall & the robins hunting worms in the front field. A male bluebird likes sitting on the ramp rail where I can see him - shaking the rain out of his beautiful blue feathers.