Making thermoses of hot water, just in case I might need it later.
The amount of rainfall I am about to get in the next 24 hours or so is pure madness.
On another note, another one of my fruit trees is starting to blossom.
@peeppeepcircus rain barrels might be good for later in the year too.
we are going to get 1
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@peeppeepcircus right, use them now and catch what it coming down. we have a buddy who keeps gold fish in his to eat up any skeeter larva.
he has water thru the dry spells.
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This is a discussion that happens *a lot* between people who don't know our area and the locals who work the land, and it happens quite often, it is as if everyone has already thought of it and suggested it and/or tried it over many, many, many years.
Even though rain barrels are not right for our region (while they are super effective in others!), we all need solutions that are region specific.
@peeppeepcircus
we lived in the NV desert for many years
aza had a rain barrel she used for outside watering. when there was rain during monsoon season, rain came down hard and fast. she was able to capture and use within days when the place dried out.
humans best figure out something, cuz drought is in our future
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yeah, we rarely get a summer monsoon, that's the main difference in climates. although other aspects of desert agriculture tech, like the ancient method using ollas, have come in handy for me.
#aridification in the American West is happening faster than we can adapt - humans, plants, trees, wildlife.
even w/ these ongoing atmospheric rivers which have temporarily seemed to have erased most of our drought, are not enough to make up for the years of megadrought we've had.
@peeppeepcircus imo modern culture failing to adapt, take advantage and recover resources like rain is the main reason we are in a pickle right now.
Ancient folks had many understandings that hizstory sacrificed for convenience.
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although they are more useful up north and in other climates, rain barrels have not proven to be that useful in my area, which has a mediterranean climate with long, hot, dry summers.