While our home garden had shriveled up to almost nothingn over the summer, we did get enough peppers and tomatoes to process a batch of salsa.
But, that happened in early June and a week later, we were at a loss.
The drought burned everything and we just couldn’t keep up with watering it all.
And don’t get me started on those stubborn weeds that managed to spring up despite the unbearable heat and sunlight!
It’s like they were happy parasites and stole the meager amount of water and nutrients from the important and useful plants.
Still, that’s only our little plot in the backyard – I can’t even fathom what the larger agriculture producers have had to deal with.
That being said, I’m pretty excited to have so much rain in the forecast.
I mean, it’s been enough to veto the burn ban for the county so that has to mean something, right?
I’m glad and grateful for the rain, don’t get me wrong.
I just wish that the mosquitoes would have stayed in hibernation or whatever was happening before last Thursday.
I suppose that’s really the only thing good about a drought – no mosquitoes!
However, I’m not going to wish for the rain to stop anytime soon.
Everything is starting to spring back up and become re-hydrated.
Not to mention, there’s also a lot more green popping back up – with everything from grass and trees to bushes and my mom’s flowers.
It’s just been pretty off-putting to walk the dogs outside for potty breaks and hear the grass crunching underfoot in the middle of August.
I’m used to that sound when we’ve got frost on the ground, not in the middle of summer!
Regardless, the next few days have about a 50% chance of precipitation in store for our area and I’m just trying to time puppy potty breaks between the rains.
Facebook served up a few reminders of August rain from Hurricane Harvey’s 2017 landfall.
Around this time back then we had to evacuate to my aunt’s house near El Campo and still put the paper together despite the recorded flooding in our county.
In fact, I still feel pretty blessed that we could come back and see our homestead mostly unscathed – save some tree branches and a shallow lake in our front yard.
I know that the aftermath of the hurricane wasn’t as easy for most other folks in the county.
As it stands, our hurricane season this year has been rather uneventful and I don’t know if that’s exactly a good thing.
After all, we have until November to make it out in one piece.
Let’s not jinx it though!
I don’t think I could manage to wrangle all the cats into my car again.
Plus, I don’t want to have to worry about mom’s chickens, too.
They’re barely milling around outside of the coop and are a bit more aggressive than the last flock.
Not to people, but, poor Penny gets her karma for barking at them by getting chased by said hens.
And I probably shouldn’t find it so entertaining to watch – but I can’t help it!
