Water Conservation

It's that time of year again where you're starting to see signs and reminders that we need to be conserving water.  Of course a scene like this one isn't uncommon but it's also usually fixed promptly.  If not then so much water really can just go straight down the drain.  That is to say the storm drain which we have an ample amount of on our street.  It's great.

This of course applies to residential systems too though.  There are a lot of neighbors who are still having their sprinklers aiming badly and streaming straight to the lake.  Sure it helps the lake level (not really) but it's more or less just wasting their money and the water resources.  Of course no matter what we're losing more water due to evaporation from the lake than we're actually using.  It's a huge lake and one of many in the area.  The lake has gone down several feet since the heavy rains that made ramps disappear.  Still haven't made it out to the lake properly since we moved out there though.  Gone to look by but no boating, fishing, swimming, or even just laying a blanket out for a nice picnic. 

That's not to say we don't need to water though.  Watering helps keep the grass from completely dying out and the foundations of all of the houses from cracking and making a total mess of a brand new neighborhood.  Also trying to get trees, bushes, and other plants to be established.  It's quite an undertaking to be sure.

Among our plants we're getting up and going are of course the fig tree, a lovely addition to any home and the joy to many a bird that will without a doubt get used to its presence.  We also have our daylilies going.  At first I though I had killed half of the plants we got since they immediately died back to the dirt.  It's since been put in a pot and has now grown back in several places in the pot, doing great!  Our green onion we've had since forever (I think some of it was from the first house) is bouncing back so well we're ecstatic.  The chives as well are flowering.  The plumeria has roots I can see but so far the leaves haven't unfurled yet.  Super waiting for it.  I also planted three passion fruit seeds.  They've yet to show themselves but you never know with a seed until you know, you know?

One thing I'm thinking of getting is a bay tree.  I know they can grow in this area since there's one in Fort Worth in the historic pioneer house attraction but not sure how much care it's going to need.

If you have a favorite plant you've grown, please let us know in the comments.  Especially if it's something I can grow in my own yard.