After a nice couple of weeks with occasional afternoon showers, just like in the “old” days when I first moved down here, it’s been dry again. While that’s good for my commute, it’s not so great for the garden. I’ve been watering my few plants by hand, and just letting the grass go. I’m not a fan of grass to begin with, not in this super-manicured version it must be maintained in.

But it looks like the Lake is getting some water in the latest deluge. Good thing - it needs it.

And I’m going to stop city-watering the garden. We’re getting our gutters repaired in the next few weeks, and the step after that is rain barrels. I’ve found some locally on a local website, all ready go to, but eh. I did a search on the person selling them to find their website and found it, but found out other information about the seller that gave me pause, so rain barrels are on hold for now. I’ve found a place further away that sells plain food-grade barrels, so I’ll make that my summer project: borrow a pickup truck and make my own system.

News reports are indicating that a dry May means August hurricanes, according to one meteorologist. I guess we’ll wait and see. But rain barrels are a’comin!