What is your weather like ... today

[sissy]

drill a new well and that can run the a little to a lot .Shallow ell cheap ,deep well like mine around 9 thousand dollars as i paid 6 thousand in 2004 and it is 450 feet deep

 

[callingcolleen1]

That's lots of money for water, thank goodness we don't have any shortage at the moment, but I remember a few years back when rain was scarce and river was low, no one was allowed to water grass, that was quite a while ago, but things sure can change! These days we seem to be suck in a wet, cool cycle. This morning on the weather news, more heavy rainfall up stream, river here will rise again, will make finding that poor girl lost in river harder. Its been cloudy and muggy here all morning, supposed to get storm and 80% chance of rain.

 

[buckry]

We haven't had any rain in 2 months. We had a single storm roll through about a month ago but it missed us. I guess an alternate source of water could be to steal water from my neighbor's wells. I have enough garden hose I could get to their spigots easily.

 

[sissy]

not nice not nice :razz: I know a couple in Colorado that can't drill a well and have huge storage tank room in there house and pay to get water delivered .They had to blast just to build there house ,all rock .

 

[buckry]

I'm sure we have enough water, but there is no point risking it just for the pond.

 

[addy1]

We had two horrible dry hot summers, my pond got water when needed. The plants got water when needed, but on a very controlled schedule. Lots of time between draws from the well. We never had an issue, but we are very protective of it.

 

[j.w]

Clouds and sun off and on and then a few sprinkles of the wet stuff. Worked all day edging around tree circles and garden bed circles. Not done yet. Plenty of water here and then some!

 

[blessedfamily]

We need rain bad here in Indiana..rained last Thursday but missed where we are of course. The good is I don't have to mow,the bad is my flowers look horrible but yes I am adding water to my pond almost daily as it is evaporating like crazy. Praying for a good rain.

 

[CountryEscape]

Same here, Blessed. Rained last Thurs, but not hardly enough to even register in the rain gauge. I have 3 wells on my property, but IF they were to all go dry, I would be SOL, would have to buy a water tank, and haul it here, or have it hauled here and pay to fill up my well. With gas prices so high, and my truck sucks on gas mileage (about 14 mpg), that would cost more than it was worth ... wait, water is a precious commodity, so it would be worth it, I guess. I've been told (by previous owners, who lived here all their life, and they are in their mid 40's) that there is no worry about the wells, they will never go dry. Well, I pumped the well that waters my horses' trough dry, but it's not very deep. Never have pumped house well dry, though, and there are 2 wells connected to the house, not sure if they are both always connected, or just one and then the other. Never have figured that out. Bottom line, the ponds were built with the knowledge that I won't have to worry about water needed. And, besides the pump, it's free. The neighbors around me opted out of the "city water" that ran lines in the area a few years before I bought my house, saying they didn't need it. I sure hope they continue to be right! Evidently, they used to fill sprayer tanks for the farmed fields with my main well, so it should be good for a long time, as long as things don't shift underground. My well is about 53' and 3' wide, it's known as a "shallow well". The "deep wells" are usually about 12" in diameter and deeper than 100'. Around here, that type of deep well typically bring with it lots of gases and smells. I'm glad to have a shallow well.
We all need to learn a rain dance, my Indiana and other close neighbors! This is getting dangerous, the lack of rain.
I just heard my neighbor say that by Thursday, it's supposed to be 100 here! Yikes, we are in Illinois, not Arizona! What's going on here???? I hope this is not a pattern, but so far we are following the same weather pattern as last summer, HOT HOT HOT in June already, when usually no 90's until mid July and then all of August. Not liking this at all!

 

[buckry]

I'm trying to get grass seed to grow around the pond so I sprinkle that for 30 minutes a day, I guess the tiny bit that spills over into the pond is counteracting evaporation because my level is only about 1/2" lower than my drain. I'm surprised that's all it takes, but glad I'm not missing a foot of water.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Good grief, well hope everything goes "well" down there and you get rain soon, will say a prayer for you guys. Supposed to storm tonight, all ready had some circle the city close and give as a good light show, but just missing us.

 

[mtpond]

I woundn't doubt if it was the same storm you got jw. Seems this year our weather has been similar to yours. When the power went out during the storm the people who lost it was with out power for 15 hours. Really feel for them, being without power sucks. A friend of mine lost quite a few of her saltwater fish. :sad: I think her fish in her pond made it ok at least she didn't say she lost any of them.
We had a beautiful day in the 80's! Loving it. Tommorow only 64 and Tstorms. There is another flood watch for some areas around the valley. One being an area where my mother lives and where I work. Praying it don't flood. In 64 it flooded and we had to go out in a boat.

 

[addy1]

going to be near perfect today, high 70 no humidity.

 

[buckry]

Freezing out there, had to put on a hoodie. I bet its 50 degrees out there. Love it, sure beats 90, of course it's only 7:30 so anything can still happen.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Mpond, the storms you get come up here to Alberta, we got lots of rain last week, supposed to get more today, spitting rain as we speak. The river here is supposed to rise again this week due to excess rainfall upstream. We have had thunderstorms in the area all night, light show last night was quite intense, storm just missed us. Weather network just reported this morning base ball sized hail and tennis sized hail not too far from here. Thank goodness, don't need any hail damage that's for sure!