Don't get me wrong. I am not complaining. We've had so many drought spells over the last few years, I'd be ashamed to complain. At times we've seen the pasture so dry that the ground was cracking. We would sit in the barn aisle and watch the horses paw the earth, making big clouds of dust. We've run sprinklers in the pasture in an attempt to preserve some grass for the critters and paid big water bills as a result. So - you won't hear me complaining about rain - and we've been having it almost every day for a while now. But I am amazed at how short my memory is. I had forgotten that when you get a lot of rain, all the vegetation that you want to grow certainly does improve; but the weeds suck up the rain and grow twice as fast as the good stuff grows.
Even if you like weed eating, mowing, etc., some days it's impossible to do because it won't stop raining. When there is a little break in the rain, it's too wet and squishy to do anything.
And then there's mud. I really had forgotten about mud - it's been so long since we've had long rainy spells. I'm getting a refresher course now. The ground around the horses watering trough is a mass of ooey, gooey, sticky, icky mud.
The flower pots on the deck already looked bad from the previous drought conditions. (I've already told you - I'm not a gardener.) Now they're really a sight to see. Just when the portulaca, miniature rose, Blue Daze, and the herbs were beginning to look a little better because they're getting some water - big healthy weedy vines have sprung up in the ground around the deck. They're sending their evil tendrils up on the deck to attack what's in the pots - and what's in the pots is no match for them!
I usually just walk across the deck on my way to the barn. I don't pay much attention to the plants. They probably think they're invisible. But yesterday even I couldn't ignore a poor Blue Daze under attack from one of the vines. Tendrils were wrapped around and around it's poor branches. Baby vines had sprung up in the pot with the Blue Daze. You don't have these evil super-weeds in a drought. But of course, in a drought, the favored plants barely survive for lack of a gardner - but that's another story.
Two or three days of sun would be nice. It would give us a chance to dry out and beat the jungle vegetation back. But I'm definitely not complaining.
2 comments:
I know what you mean,it's been so hot and dry up here,too,but then I remember that when it does rain,the grass and mostly the weeds grow at outrageous speeds,even if we cut the grass the day before it rains,we will have tall grass in less than a week.I've basically given up on our yard since as soon as I get rid of weeds one day and go to the next area,the area I worked on before has weeds again,so it's a never ending battle.We have almost a 1/2 acre of land...mostly on a hill and it's a lot of work,so I can't imagine having a bigger property with weeds,etc.Anyways,hope the rain cools you off and doesn't make it too humid. :)
The lower temperatures that come with rain are certainly a plus. Another plus - it seems like the sugar cane shot up to twice its height in a matter of days. And of course, our pasture looks greener than it has in a long time.
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