TauntonBlizzard2013

Pouring

deluge

Better get some rain out of this heat

Figures. Missing a storm north right now... hear the thunder

Can that line make it here?

They were. I thought I did a decent job breaking up the roots so it would take though. I suppose anything is possible. The rose bushes are bigger, and actually fill in that space better right away than the azaleas, so I figured I’d just pull them instead of waiting to see if they came back next year.

Both azaleas we’re down to sticks at this point. I was able to pull them out of the ground with 2 fingers. Looks like they never actually “took” to the soil... no evidence roots were advancing. Planted rose bushes there instead...hopefully those work out better

Dry as far as the eye can see

Bone dry here. Lawns really starting to fry

Too far south here for any rain tonight?

At 180 feet deep... I doubt that’s an issue.... but my lawn could use it. Some sprinkles today. Rain fail

I plan on planting more grass and slice seeding first week of September. My other Azalea bush is now browning as well. I wonder if full sun is too much? Or a soil composition issue? When we bought the house the entire front yard was sand. I added about 4-6” of loam over the entire thing and planted what I did. So it’s 4-6” of loam a layer of sand... maybe 4-6” as well? And then more regular soil below that. Could that layer of sandy garbage be screwing with some plants? I figured the roots would take hold deeper than that

Makes sense. Have had like 2 tenths of an inch in the last 3 weeks or so. Very dry here

Home station down to 61 already here... can we crack upper 40s?

Meh.... .21” of rain here.... hardly a decent drink

Not a drop of rain here so far. Things are pretty crispy around here

Looks like we’re going to get porked here. We need the rain

Can anyone tell me what the heck is going on here? The taller tree is a false cypress and I’ve already trimmed a bunch of browning branches off it and you can see it looks like the whole tree has it. The smaller one is a dwarf Alberta that’s been in the ground since April and is suddenly showing showing signs of browning. False cypress has been in since early July.

Maybe? I’d like to think I didn’t overdue it... but anything is possible I suppose. Here it is.

Watered basically daily unless we received rain

Anyone have an idea why an azalea would die suddenly? i bought and planted in early spring and it flowered and has looked fine. Literally over the last 3 days the entire thing save for a few green branches has turned browned and dropped off. No idea why. Other one on the other side of the stairs is fine

1.25” so far as I head to bed

About 3/4” already

Sneaky one of my favorite events over the last decade. Half foot of snow at home. We never get Measurable that early... never mind warning criteria

I’m soaking up all I can from everyone. My neighbors have been really good. I’m a pretty young homeowner, so I’m glad someone would take the time to show me these things. I thought it was a float issue, but if the floats kicked on when lifted... hoping it was as simply as water screwing with the wires. Definitely a wake up call from renting. Everything going on is now my problem, and I have to fix it. Taking the time to learn and troubleshoot definitely beats paying $1000+ for a new pump