It has not rained here since May, and then it only rained
half the normal amount for that month, in fact if we go back through the
statistics we can see that the last "good" rainfall was back in November
2011 and before that March 2011. So far we’ve had 165.4 litters this year, we’ve
still got a few months, but I can’t see us getting to the average, around the
1000 litres! If things don't change soon we're going to lose a lot of trees.
The oaks are the hardest hit, they are adapted to survive these harsh climates,
sounds strange but it's true. The wells are drying up and it’s still hot which
means the non-natives will struggle to survive if the drip system gives out. Speaking
of which something happened to our automated sprinkler/drip system not sure
what but looks like no water got to any of the plants for quite some time, we’ve
been out for about 10 days, not sure how many are going to survive. Will keep
you posted
