Feast or famine

[NoHall]

After a drought that was, I believe, categorized as "freakin' ridiculous," which forced all kinds of folks out of business (landscapers, nurseries, car washes, etc.) I'm sitting in yet another flash flood in north Georgia!

Lake Lanier went from a record-setting 20 feet below full pool to 5' below pool. My well went from 3' to 14' in a few months.

:dothewave:
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There was a clip on the news about lifting the restrictions. I think it would be nice if we stayed in the mindset of water conservation, myself...

 

[Hop]

we should all learn from the lake lanier situation. NOW is the time to focus and get a real handle on the needs of the state as well as the oyster growers needs further south. Lets not wait til' we are in defcon 5 to actually do something!!!

 

[Lynnie]

Ditto! I think City of Atlanta is still on a water ban, or some level of restrictions. I've only seen one neighbor watering with irrigation......and, we haven't even needed to water this Spring. Am trying to determine more drought/heat tolerate plants to put in.

Let me know if y'all have any suggestions!

 

[NoHall]

we should all learn from the lake lanier situation. NOW is the time to focus and get a real handle on the needs of the state as well as the oyster growers needs further south. Lets not wait til' we are in defcon 5 to actually do something!!!

Amen, brutha!

Yesterday's news was talking about going back to washing cars, pressure washing houses, watering lawns, etc., and I was thinking, "Why?!" We figured out over the last 2 years that we can live without those things!

But I'd like to see those restrictions stay in place all the way from Lanier to the Gulf. There's nothing more frustrating than crossing the state line and seeing the waste going on.

 

[biddieann]

Ditto! I think City of Atlanta is still on a water ban, or some level of restrictions. I've only seen one neighbor watering with irrigation......and, we haven't even needed to water this Spring. Am trying to determine more drought/heat tolerate plants to put in.

Let me know if y'all have any suggestions!

We just planted some cool yucca's, a medeterranean fan palm, and robelinni palm, and some dwarf oleaders. very drought resisitant, salt resistant, grows in sand basically. they are doing great! Good luck! If you want pics you can pm me. thanks, Bridget

 

[NoHall]

Ditto! I think City of Atlanta is still on a water ban, or some level of restrictions. I've only seen one neighbor watering with irrigation......and, we haven't even needed to water this Spring. Am trying to determine more drought/heat tolerate plants to put in.

Let me know if y'all have any suggestions!

You can train a lot of plants to be drought tolerant/resistant. When you plant them, water them HEAVILY every other day or so for a couple of weeks. After that cut the frequency down to twice a week for 1-2 months, but still water heavily. (If it is as rainy as it has been lately, let mother nature take care of it if it's raining once a week or more.) After those initial months, only water if there is no rain, still watering heavily.

If you water a little bit frequently, you encourage shallow root growth. The plant becomes dependent on the frequent watering. If you water deeply but infrequently, it encouraged deep root growth. This is true for trees, perennials, and grasses.

The folks who are watering their lawns every day or even every other day are actually killing their lawns. Plants are like people--they will drown faster than they will die of thirst. Overwatering also encourages fungus and disease.

Plants: lantana, verbena, indian hawthorne, loropetalum, budderfly bushes, wax myrtle, spirea...

 

[Beach Runner]

After a drought that was, I believe, categorized as "freakin' ridiculous," which forced all kinds of folks out of business (landscapers, nurseries, car washes, etc.) I'm sitting in yet another flash flood in north Georgia!

Lake Lanier went from a record-setting 20 feet below full pool to 5' below pool. My well went from 3' to 14' in a few months.

:dothewave:​

There was a clip on the news about lifting the restrictions. I think it would be nice if we stayed in the mindset of water conservation, myself...

We were on Ponce the week before last, and there was a flash flood from Moreland westward down to the old humongous Sears. Crazy. Two lanes of traffic were closed. The water was up to the floorboard.

 

[Lynnie]

We were on Ponce the week before last, and there was a flash flood from Moreland westward down to the old humongous Sears. Crazy. Two lanes of traffic were closed. The water was up to the floorboard.

Wouldn't it be great if we could 'capture' all of that water?;-)

 

[Beach Runner]

Wouldn't it be great if we could 'capture' all of that water?;-)

Hubby is working on that.;-)