Cheryl ... I remember that drought. What a mess. Don't forget the buckets in the showers to catch every drop of water and hauling them out to water stressed plants.
Up here in the mountains of northern California, it has never been this bad. I am fortunate that I don't have to worry about water restrictions because I live in a county-of-origin for water, but I didn't understand what was going on deep down in the soil of the slope where my home is located.
Since I've changed the way I am watering, I am able to keep enough moisture in the top levels of the soil for the plants, but it sure dries out quickly even with a different mulch material because the water is being slurped down through the usual passages where the underground streams would be flowing. They have dried up, so I just have to do things differently. As long as my trees have come back I am not near as worried as I was.
Thanks for the encouragement.
Smiles,
Lyn
