August 7 & 9, 2011
It's been an extreme summer! We broke high temperature records (three digits high temperature everyday since early July) and had 0 inch of rain in July and to-date August. The rain that we got on the grapes picking day (July 25th, 2011) was not worth to be recorded.
Pastures turn brown, no hay to bale. Hay price goes up to $100/bale! We sold ours last year with average price of $30-$35 / bale.
Prickly pears sprouting on the pasture. Something that hasn't happened in the past 20 years at least.
The water level on the pond has receded down about 3 feet.
Extremely low water level on the pond. We're glad the the lotus has been coming back although not as lushly as couple years ago.
© Burke's Garden Blog, 2011.
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