LOL!

I just spoke to a friend of mine in Mystic, CT, where, when I lived there, it was always VERY wet, no problem, no need to water. She lives on a hill across fromt he Seaport....beautifully landscaped place with lots of flowers and veggies. Very energetic woman. She has nothing this year. Said all of it is dead, except the hardier trees and shrubs. Grass is barely alive from the night's condensation. They've had a watering ban on for two weeks and the reservoir is down 37%. One old lady in North Stonington, who was born and has lived in the same place all of her 87 years there, has never seen it like this. She said they had plenty of rain in May and that was it.

Having heard CT farmers on NPR earlier this summer, telling how much they've lost in crop money and non-harvest, I quit watering my backyard and let it all go dead. Have also not watered the front grass for weeks on end. Felt too guilty. I've always felt guilty using up water in the SO dry West, esp. after living out on the ranch on the Oregon Trail where we had to haul all of our water. Makes a person frugal with the tears of the earth.

Moving from Wyoming to New England, the main thing I was impressed by was the lush vegetation. It is really hard for me to imagine it so dry, brown, and lost.

kat