Gardens need water, lots of water. Did you know tomatoes are 95% water? That’s more than a watermelon’s 92%.
I have a big, thirsty garden and no hose. I do have rain barrels, but they empty fast. It takes a whole barrel to water my garden now and much of it is still in the seedling stage.
Rain is not a reliable option. Ozark summer weather does have rain, if you are under the right cloud at the right time.
My solution is to use creek water. Presently I run a pump once a week, soak everything down and fill the barrels. I use watering cans in between. Seedlings get everyday service. Bigger plants get water every other day.
When the plants get bigger, if the raccoon doesn’t get them first, I’ll run the pump a couple of times a week. Lots of produce takes lots of water.
Most people have hoses. I did growing up. There is just no way to hook one up presently.
Rural Missouri is different about water. Towns have water departments, water meters and bills. Rural people have wells, water tanks or springs. I found out lots about this as I wrote “The City Water Project”.
Young people in this country don’t concern themselves with water. Turn on a tap and water flows out.
Where dies the water come from? Where does the extra go? Do you know? Perhaps you should.
Storms here in the Ozarks are different now. They dump lots of water fast, cause the creeks to flood, wash out their banks.
Other places get unimaginable amounts of rain as the monsoons in Southeast Asia. Others have droughts as the Southwest and Australia.
Lots of people need lots of water. It isn’t distributed equally. Too often water is wasted or polluted. And my garden isn’t the only place that needs lots of water.
