drought

[ljgeoff]

We've got a El Nino brewing for the northern hemisphere autumn, which usually brings warmer and dry conditions to the Midwest. Again, as last year, no one really knows how these El Nino conditions will play out -- the jet stream is just too weird, and loss of arctic ice and polar land snow cover is throwing everything off. For me, for now, I might cut down on the tomato plants this year because watering them with city water is just too expensive. Here are some pics:


April 1, 2014


March 31, 2015

With no relief in sight for California, we're looking at a price hike in food costs. Maybe I'll plant those tomatoes anyway.

Comments

[johnpalmer]

More planted food can be good. Do you have rain barrels for crop watering?

[ljgeoff]

I know! The garden is across the street, next to a two-story house from which I might be able to harvest rain. I dunno -- still working on ideas. I was also thinking that I'd do most of my tomatoes in the aquaponics field, but I don't know if I want to start with something as complex as tomatoes; I kinda need to see if I can raise the fish without killing them, first. :)