Month: August 2014

Gardening, Uncategorized

It’s dry-is it really time to start watering plants?

June was very wet with 9.16″ of rain falling in Des Moines. 4.22″ above normal, Flooding was an issue at that time, but now, the weather has turned warm in the 80s and its been dry, gardens are really starting to dry out. Looking at precipitation July ended the month 2.58″ below normal. I’ve noticed …