My garden is not ready for winter. With good monsoon rains things have perked up and are in a second growth-spurt. It will be the first year this garden has had one of those. I'm hoping that we won't get frost here until the end of October so that the perennials, trees, and shrubs planted this year can put on some size and really establish well.
What fun is lightening without rain? We go for long stretches of the year without moisture here, but thankfully, when we get thunderstorms it usually rains. Our house is tucked into a bit of a valley, with each of our neighbors' properties higher in elevation, so we don't get many direct hits. Fortunately for us this year we have recently gotten enough rain that the severe danger of forest fire has been reduced; the ban on outdoor fires has been lifted.
