Scorched earth

[lee b]

This thread is for all the members that haven't gotten the rain that others are griping about. We haven't had a good soaking rain in over 2 months. The grass is not suffering any more, it's graveyard dead, shrubs and trees are shedding leaves, ponds and shallow wells are going dry. If it wasn't for weeds and a few sprigs of bahia grass, I wouldn't need to mow at all.

[MikeLT1Z28]

man i feel so bad for you guys. i hope this system that is coming thru tonight hits all the way from tx to fl.

[Mowingman]

I know what you are going through. We have experienced some bad droughts here in the last few years. I guess we are a little luckier here though when it comes to mowing during a bad drought. Everyone expects a drought every few years, so 95% of our customers have sprinkler systems.We usually have to drop back to a biweekly cycle during a drought, but at least we can salvage some income. Hope some of this rain we are getting heads your way.:(

[Bob Minney]

We've had .18" in may-normal may is 2.75"
April was .23 out of a normal 2"
some area's are going on water restrictions

Just ordered 2 more boxes of dust masks :cry:

them tears are the only moisture we're getting

[jsaunders]

I'll gladly give you some rain if I could. the sun doesn't come out around here any more just rains and rains and rains. Thank god for enclosed trailers!

[CSRA Landscaping]

You're right, Lee but we had some move in this weekend, I think. We were out of town so I'm not sure but we did have a nice shower a bit ago. :)

[Nelson]

Supposed to have some rain tonight.....God I hope so...:D

[yardboyltd]

I think we got your guys' rain... Last week it rained constant. 4"-5"... Good luck

[Brickman]

Here in WY we had very little snow and no rain this year yet. The only thing that is green is where the ONE snow drift from the winter was. Yards that don't have the sprinklers on yet are still totally brown.
I have some ranch friends and they told me that they are out of pasture already and it isn't even the middle of May. I am a volunteer fire fighter, and we are expecting a bad grass fire season this summer.

[lee b]

Good news, last night we got 1.7" of wonderful rain. I hope that everyone that needed rain got some too. This is the most rain we've had since last September. I feel for the folks with livestock, we were just about to start feeding hay because our pastures were burnt up.

[Nelson]

Still not enough here in Sunny Florida .....
Just enough to track a little mud in the house.....

And boy did I hear about it from the The Boss....(My wife)

lol lol

Need alot more.... Grass is still crispy when I walk on it....

Help pleeeeaaaaassssseeeeee....:angry:

[ADMowing]

Yes, we need rain in Florida. We use the dust masks all day. By the time we get home, we are covered from head to toe in dirt!

Many of our customers have sprinkler systems. If they don't, then they've got weeds and/or sand. But we've been mowing a little higher to shade the root systems. We have one guy with bahia in his back yard and it is beautiful (without sprinkler). We mow it on 3.25".

Many customers are asking us NOT to mow because of all the dust we stir up and there really isn't much tomow. Being on a annual schedule makes that nice 'cause they pay us monthly whether we mow or not. When we do get the rain, we'll have plenty of work to do, I'm sure!!! Our customers who are accustomed to Florida weather know this and are still perfectly content with us, but unhappy about not getting the rain we need.