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Rain! Rain! Rain!

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Real Estate Agent with Fathom Realty

After weeks of no rain, it is such a joy to walk land with clients in the rain and show houses while dodging puddles.  It has inspired me to pick up the gardening books again and peruse the bulb catalogs that are stuffed in my mailbox everyday this time of year.

However, during the weeks of drought I viewed my gardens with a hard eye and changed my plan somewhat.  The use of annual flower seeds are going to be much more prevalent in the beds farthest from the house (and watering source).  In a drought year those beds won't get watered and I won't lose too much financially. 

Repeating perennials throughout beds around the property is a large part of our design and I am using it to our advantage by sacrificing the back beds and using divisions from the front to replenish the back.

Bottomline?  During a severe or ‘flash' drought the beds in front of the house will get watered as will the orchard and the vegetable garden.  Everything else will have to survive with deep roots and deep mulch or perish.

 

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