7.08.26 Endless watering

 Well, the drought has been keeping us hostages for many weeks. 

It is hard to make any report because nothing is going on (except for endless watering). 

The lawn is burned. I pruned my roses a little bit to make them save water.

I usually drive about 220-230 l water in cans a couple of times per week, and try to water, water and water plants which needed it desperately… And certainly, it isn’t even slightly enough. Last time I had about 270 l in my car. However I managed to water two hedges which looked very poorly. When I glanced at them a couple of hours later, they already looked better.








Some daylily seedlings popped up. Really, resilient plants! No watering! 












Back at home, I started to collect pods. The ripening beginns. I am really thrilled to see that many of my crosses worked. 



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