Home » Plants & Animals » Gardening in Southern U.S. » Oh My, HOW Dry?

Oh My, HOW Dry?

© Emily Levitt

Everyone complains about the weather, but no one can DO anything about it.

(Not even Bill Gates.)
However, if you want to frustrate yourself into a real tizzy, here are some links which can tell you more than you probably want to know about the lack of rain. All I know about this dry spell is simple--

1. If I tried to keep my entire garden alive, my water bill would closely resemble the monthly interest on the National Debt.

2. Weeds live no matter how hot it gets.

3. Plants-- the more you paid for them, the faster they expire.

4. No matter how much you sweat while working outside, you will NOT lose weight. You'll just look greasy, and stink.

There is information on drought running amuck on the internet, and in YOUR neighborhood, I feel sure. But if you are a glutton for info overload, here's
MORE STUFF--

The Palmer Index This handy page shows you--in dying color-- just where the really crispy places are located. Should you reside in the deep pink, your garden is in the deep brown. There is a compenduim of material telling us just how this index was created on yet another Palmer site:

Enigma How appropriate. Click through to it if you so desire. The page is updated weekly, and has links to various projection tables.

All I WANT to know is, when will I get some relief?

The National Drought Mitigation Center--- I just LOVE the title of this site. I mean, REALLY! AS IF! With whom does one mitigate a drought in the first place? Elvis? Actually, there are some useful links on this site. I especially like the one with scorched earth as its' electronic wallpaper.

Southern Precipitation Maps
Locally pertinent material. Not as specific as, say, calling a neighbor five miles away to see if it's raining at HIS place while the sun is out at my house, but I THINK hear thunder....well, you get the idea. The heat is making me desperate.

The Real Heat Index ..gosh, who'd have thought the humidity could make you feel worse? And aren't you glad you know just how hot you're SUPPOSED to feel? This link tells you all about it--in case your local weather forecaster has become mute on the subject. Let's face it, folks--if you need this chart to tell you it's hot enough to make you pass out, you're already in big trouble.

The copyright of the article Oh My, HOW Dry? in Gardening in Southern U.S. is owned by . Permission to republish Oh My, HOW Dry? in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.