I dragged hoses and watered tomato plants yesterday in a seemingly futile attempt to get at least a few of the tasty fruit come August. The ground on either side of the plastic mulched rows was dust except for the nice crop of weeds germinating in the heat. I finally gave up as the water coming out of the hose was reduced to a trickle as the well emptied. I will have to wait for the well to recharge overnight.
I have been gardening for more than 40 years both on Long Island and in the Champlain Valley of New York and I have never seen it this dry. If this is the new normal, I'm almost glad i won't be doing this much longer. If I was to garden on this scale again, it would be with drip irrigation and water conservation measures. Welcome to climate change world.
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