We have had a really dry and hot summer for our area. Since it started early, way back in April, things are pretty brown and crispy around here.
The garden is quite stunted, but still green. That is because I have been watering it with water from the 1000 gallon cistern that is filled with rain from our roof. I have emptied the cistern twice now - one good rain will fill it up. We haven't had a "good rain" for quite a while now.
Yesterday, I finally broke down and dragged hoses all the way from the house to the garden to water from the well. I was feeling a bit guilty about it at the time, hoping that the well was doing ok. Unfortunately, I sort of lost track of the time, and the garden got sprayed for 2 or 3 times longer than necessary.
This week, both of my brothers and their families are visiting. This means that we have more than twice the normal number of people hanging out, taking showers, and washing dishes. Last night, we got the 3 girls through the shower, and one of my sis-in-laws got a shower as well. Afterwards, I turned on the faucet and nothing came out.
JP and I got flashlights and opened up the man hole of the cistern. We could see the bottom! Yikes.
Fortunately, the water hauling peeps were out to fill up both cisterns for a grand total of 3000 gallons of water and $145 by 8:20 AM. The well had managed to dribble a bit more into the cistern over night, so it isn't COMPLETELY dry...just overpowered by 14 people and unconscientious garden waterers.
Today, we celebrated (belatedly) my Dad's 70th birthday by going to a Frontier Baseball game. It ended up being a double header, since last night's game was apparently rained out. (None of that rain made it HERE!) We saw them win game one, then sweated and melted through 6 innings of game number two, which they also won.
We saw lightening the whole way home, and by the time we pulled into our driveway, there were a few drops of rain falling. The sky remains dark and threatening. Maybe now we'll get that "good rain" we've been needing.
In any case, the rest of us finally got our showers. Let me tell you, it really felt great!
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