Drought conditions improving!
Skybird - z5, Denver, Colorado
8 years ago
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Comments (13)I had similar experiences. Like Seil I had a hard winter, lots of dieback, too much rain and cloud cover, so much BS, but some spurts of great roses blooming. Sara, last year I had more roses and could cut a bouquet whenever, not this year, about 1/3 less blooms. However, right now the bushes are looking good with chance of frost tonight. I plan on cutting this evening! I do think I had more fun growing and enjoying my roses this year than in the past....See MoreU. S. Drought Monitor - April 26, 2011
Comments (1)I was really hoping the D-4 category would be some other part of SW OK, but we got less than a tenth of an inch from those storms last week so I'm not surprised it's here. I'm barely over the line into D-4, so I guess it could be worse. Grandfield hasn't had a tenth of an inch of rain in 167 days! Leslie...See MoreJune 7th Drought Monitor Shows Worsening Conditions
Comments (2)The updated map will be out tomorrow, so I'm going to link the map of the whole USA for one last look at last week's numbers. Look at Texas! Poor Texas. Jay's corner of SW KS doesn't look much better than all of Texas looks either. Tomorrow we'll get to see if any of the recent rainfall (any which fell prior to 7 a.m. yesterday) has helped improve anyone's drought status. Both Alaska and Hawaii still have some drought issues too. Here is a link that might be useful: Drought Monitor for Whole USA...See MoreDrought Monitor 8-4-9 Shows More Improvement
Comments (2)Paula, It is the same here. This is the greenest we have been in August since 2004, which I think was the rainiest year we've had since moving here. Some of our ponds even still have water in them, and they usually are dry by August. The grass is growing ridiculously fast and we are moving twice a week....also odd for August. I hope the moisture does continue for the rest of the month and into the fall. We deserve a nice, moist autumn after a blazing hot summer. If we get decent autumn rainfall, the fall gardens can produce enough to make up for the stuff that didn't do well this spring. When I look at the OK map, I'm thrilled with all the improvement, although some areas remain kind of dry. The Texas map, esp. the 'Exceptional Drought' areas in Texas are scarey-dry. They need rain, and tons of it, in the worst possible way. One thing that worries me about the Texas drought is that, when the Hill Country has this kind of drought, it almost always ends with a massive flood that kills people. I hope that doesn't happen this time. Dawn...See Moredavid52 Zone 6
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