It has been about 2 weeks since my last update here, and during that amount of time it has been very arid. In the Midwest United States, it seems as though we either get bombarded by storm after storm or we get long stretches of time where there is virtually no precipitation.
We all know that plants need water to survive, so when the rains don't provide for our gardens, we have to improvise. Normally, this would involve getting out the watering can and hitting each of our plants with enough water to keep them not only alive, but thriving. We do this with our handy-dandy water hose with a spraying nozzle attachment. It's a 50 foot hose. It gets the job done, but is kind of time consuming to get the proper amount of water to each plant. Plus, I don't like to get leaves wet when there is so much sunlight and heat. So I improvised.
There is a LOT of gravel in my garden, so I decided to put it to use. I dug a nice little hole and made a bit of a reservoir by packing some of the larger pieces of gravel tightly. The idea was to have a nice place for the running water to freely pour in without eroding the soil, thus preventing a nice big muddy mess. Improvise.
