is your area bracing for a drought?

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Austin is the center of a drought. We're on the edge. I need to check in a few days, when they update the maps, as we've had quite a bit of rain.

wow, check the map, it really is

California is in a perpetual water shortage, too many people wanting to live in desert areas.

Originally Posted by vash

ok. ZEKE!

i just planted the last of my veggie garden. i'll keep it alive the best i can. i cant imagine running out of water.

I just finished up mine too
3 Sungold, orange cherry, sweetest tomato I ever tasted
2 Yellow Pear
1 Plum Tomato, looked like yellow roma, got it because had a few flowers already
8 Early Girls
1 Beefsteak
4 different peppers, Ancho, Anahiem Chile, Habanero, Marconi
3 Zucchini and some basil

Drip irrigation and plenty of mulch, should be pretty efficient

I have fruit trees to water and fertilize too, lucky I live where two rivers come together, until the next time floods. I should be okay then too, as the office and home are on relatively high ground.

I would put a valve to make the shower water, or from the washing machine if it looked like I needed to do so to have a garden

[vash]

wow. it starts. i got the letter from the water district yesterday. i am limited to 147 gallons a day on some months.

my lawn is going to die. saves me mowing. i am going into water saving mode next month when it starts.

[jyl]

Just enough time to rip out the grass, plant a xeriscape, and water enough to get it started.

[vash]

Originally Posted by jyl

Just enough time to rip out the grass, plant a xeriscape, and water enough to get it started.

no. sadly, my budget is also experiencing a drought. i am gonna go with the tan lawn look. class it up a bit.

[jyl]

Sand, pea gravel, river rocks (collected during hunting trips), some pavers, and some native grasses and other drought-tolerant plants (maybe also collected) - that will get you started - don't need to xeriscape whole lawn, even if only 1/2 of it, can maybe keep the rest green for lounging etc . . .

[RoninLB]

high desert SW has a lot of green and hummingbirds