09.14.07 DEWFALL

With cooler weather moving in, we get heavy dew in the mornings. The cool temperature just wrings the moisture from the air and decorates the garden with jewels of crystal clear water. Well-needed in many places in our county where a drought continues. Here in our mountain cove we have been blessed with many thunderstorms in addition to these heavy dewfalls. Our garden is still green and growing.

08.05.07 RUN DRY

The August drought is grabbing hold. The mountain streams, like the Lynch River just down the road from me have disappeared. The moisture coming down from the mountains is now underground, running just below the surface of the stream bed. If you were to dig under these dry rocks you would find it. The shallower-rooted plants of the pastures and the forest understory dry up. Some die, some just become dormant waiting for fall's rains. We water the select plants in our garden hoping to keep these plants from more temperate climates going through the great dry.