Drought Watch
Another inch and a quarter of rain fell
Tuesday, sending me scurrying to the USGS website to check in
on our drought conditions. Here in southwest Virginia, we're
still in a moderate drought --- I dream of downgrading to abnormally
dry.
We just need 6 to 9 inches of rain in the next month to end this
drought. If drought amelioration were a fundraising campaign, I
could totally work with those numbers, but I'm afraid that my pep talks
will hold little sway over the weather.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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i realize drought anywhere is serious, but 9 inches is 2/3 of our annual rainfall out here in Albuquerque! it makes for a striking contrast. we haven't had any rain or snow this month, but winter is almost always dry. As long as it comes in July/August, we do okay. 
i hope you and i both get some rain!
i hope you and i both get some rain!
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yarrow
— Wed Jan 28 13:28:41 2009
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Nine inches isn't so much here --- we average about an inch a week, so it's just a bit over two months' worth. You must be pretty serious about irrigation to grow things with just 13 or 14 inches or rain per year!
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anna
— Wed Jan 28 18:42:05 2009
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