Re: can't water...need help!

Karen

I really had to laugh when you said that ripping our plants was a bit
drastic, and I agree.  I could just see myself out in the flower beds
like a mad person ripping plants out of the ground and throwing them
helter skelter,
what I was referring to as ripping out  was really cleaning out the beds
that have a lot of annuals.   I have old timey petunias,  cosmos,
cleome,  zinnias,  to name a few.   they look pitiful, and they are
taking up my water supply  that could go to my perennials  that need it
desperately right now.
I called city hall early this morning and they have lifted the water ban
here and said to try to be conserative,,,,,,but when I learned that the
country club located just a few streets behind me  was still watering
and they had not closed the car washes here in town.  oh was I livid.
I went outside and started three (3) water hoses,  and they have been
going all day.   I shut the last one down about 8:30 tonight and when I
get up in the morning I am starting them again.    I had saved bath
water last night and first thing I started carting   2 gal buckets out
of the house and watering,  then I remembered to make my call to city
hall.
you know there is an advantage  living in a small town.   everybody
knows everybody else and just wait until I see our Mayor.   one of my
neighbors has already sent the Mayor a message,  because he couldn't
fill his swimming pool.
oh well    I have every intention of making up for lost time.   my
flowers were suffering and the business man (car wash and country club)
carried on just like nothing was wrong, and I thought we had a crisis.
I have 5-50 gal plastic drums  that I catch rain water in,   but I had
used all of them except 1 of the drums and I used it today,  "boy"  I
have been watering everything in site today, and of course I won't be
able to get more water until it rains again.   and that could be forever
from the way it looks.  our weatherman does not predict anything for the
next 5 days.
my plans were to start my clean-up today,   but I was distracted.   I'm
glad you mentioned that I could cut my daylilies back   that was one of
the questions that I intended to post tonight to the list.    I'm going
to elimanate anything that is not a perennial.

hey I like the water bottle idea.   I could use the plastic pop
bottles     I've got plenty of them

thanks Karen       we will survive this yet       wait and see.

Donna     in NE Mississippi   zone 7


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