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Thanks! It was 9 years ago, so I'm hopeful they don't remember me. But I don't want to upset the new guard. I don't actually know where it was, either--I wasn't

by qup 3y ago

Thanks! It was 9 years ago, so I'm hopeful they don't remember me. But I don't want to upset the new guard. I don't actually know where it was, either--I wasn't very familiar with my property then, and its the farthest, most inaccessible area. I'm close to you geographically. We've had a brutal summer, as well. My spring & cistern ran out of water in July, so I've been on rainwater since then. I'm not generally afraid of wasps or bees except at their home. I've never taken a sting from a random flyer out in a field or somewhere. The red wasps love colonizing my roofline, though. Those wasps have only hit me once, but they did get my ex-girlfriend twice, and her son once. Been years in either case. The ones I'm most afraid of are under the propane tank lid. There's no way to get in there without pissing those guys off. So I just do it in the winter, haha. Thanks for your comment, I enjoyed it and learned a few things.

doodlebugging 3y ago
Hey pardner. I too have some rainwater collection here at my place. I have not dipped very far into it this summer though since I only have about 1150 gallons and that would be gone a long time ago. I have a water well that we have been using this summer to keep our garden going and I am lucky that it still produces enough for us. When they drilled and started fracking all this out here about 12-15 years ago quite a few wells near me went dry or began to sand out. This is the first year in more than 20 that I have used well water to water anything on the surface. I have always planted things and let them figure out whether they could survive on their own. That is the expensive way to start an orchard or manage a garden. I decided that I needed to do whatever it takes to keep things alive this year. Even with the rain over the last two days (meager accumulation) I am still in extreme drought conditions being more than 13" under normal average cumulative totals for this calendar day. This looks to be the driest year in more than 20 years unless we get more than 6" between now and end of the year. With the propane tank lid you might try to screen it off with aluminum window screen to prevent access to the inside of the lid. Good luck.

by qup 3y ago

doodlebugging 3y ago

Hey pardner. I too have some rainwater collection here at my place. I have not dipped very far into it this summer though since I only have about 1150 gallons and that would be gone a long time ago. I have a water well that we have been using this summer to keep our garden going and I am lucky that it still produces enough for us. When they drilled and started fracking all this out here about 12-15 years ago quite a few wells near me went dry or began to sand out. This is the first year in more than 20 that I have used well water to water anything on the surface. I have always planted things and let them figure out whether they could survive on their own. That is the expensive way to start an orchard or manage a garden. I decided that I needed to do whatever it takes to keep things alive this year. Even with the rain over the last two days (meager accumulation) I am still in extreme drought conditions being more than 13" under normal average cumulative totals for this calendar day. This looks to be the driest year in more than 20 years unless we get more than 6" between now and end of the year. With the propane tank lid you might try to screen it off with aluminum window screen to prevent access to the inside of the lid. Good luck.