Chit Chat in VOLTVILLE Thread #2 :)

[Renolizzie]

Although it is a desert plant, it does grow where it snows in the winter such as the high desert [Mojave].

My yuccas are starting to bloom as well.

Hello, Raven. Nice to see you are starting to feel more up to being sociable.

 

[rave]

It'll take as long as it takes. Just do what you want, and you will soon be back to "normal".

I'm tryin'. What I really need is serious alone time, but that's impossible under the circumstances. It's been too hot and too rainy to camp out. Hard to come to grips when you're inundated with humanity. At least, it is for me ...

 

[rave]

Although it is a desert plant, it does grow where it snows in the winter such as the high desert [Mojave].

My yuccas are starting to bloom as well.

Hello, Raven. Nice to see you are starting to feel more up to being sociable.

Thanks Lizzie.

 

[Uncle]

"YOU" have been missed "Rave" - So very glad to see pop-in . . .

 

[wvducklady]

I haven't got a clue about their blooming/reproductive cycle either. It was amazing to watch that stalk grow, a foot or so tall one day just sticking up above the leaves, then four feet tall a day or two later. Flora can be very amazing as well as beautiful!

Their blooming/reproductive cycle is somerhing I plan to research soon I am in awe at the growth speed and thickness of the stalk on the yucca plant So beautiful!

 

[3mg Meniere]

And the fiber is so strong that they break it down and make rope out of it.

 

[wvducklady]

And the fiber is so strong that they break it down and make rope out of it.

Wow! I did not know that!

 

[SandySu]

I looked up yucca and also century plants, which I had confused with the photos of yucca. First, they aren't the same, though they're similar-looking. The century plant is what rope can be made of. Also tequila.

Yucca seems to grow a lot of places, though they didn't mention it as far north in the East as NJ. They did mention Virginia, though, which is close, and in the West, it extends as far north as Alberta, Canada. So it's not surprising to me that Awsum has it in his yard. There are lots of varieties of yucca, so if you want to know the specific one you have, I suggest looking at the Wikipedia site, where lots are named with pictures.

 

[Renolizzie]

Good morning, Voltmaniacs.

Our coreopsis are gorgeous this year. Here is some coreopsis peeking out from underneath our Golden Honey Locust.

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It is lovely and cool out this morning.

We had a huge thunderstorm that only lasted maybe 20 minutes last night. We got over a quarter inch of rain in that short time period.

It then passed us by and we had a lovely gentle rain for quite awhile longer.

Yes, some alone time is good, Raven, so I hope the heat will let up enough for you to spend a night camping outside by yourself.

SandySu, how have you been doing?

Ducky, I've been thinking about putting some Asiatic lilies in the yard. They are so brightly colored.

Time to feed and weed. Feed the critters and weed the yard. Before it gets to 87 degrees later today.

 

[wvducklady]

Good morning, Voltmaniacs.

Our coreopsis are gorgeous this year. Here is some coreopsis peeking out from underneath our Golden Honey Locust.

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It is lovely and cool out this morning.

We had a huge thunderstorm that only lasted maybe 20 minutes last night. We got over a quarter inch of rain in that short time period.

It then passed us by and we had a lovely gentle rain for quite awhile longer.

Yes, some alone time is good, Raven, so I hope the heat will let up enough for you to spend a night camping outside by yourself.

SandySu, how have you been doing?

Ducky, I've been thinking about putting some Asiatic lilies in the yard. They are so brightly colored.

Time to feed and weed. Feed the critters and weed the yard. Before it gets to 87 degrees later today.

Your Coreopsis and Golden Honey Locust is beautiful! You will not regret adding lillies to your yard

 

[cindycated]

Good morning, Voltmaniacs.

Our coreopsis are gorgeous this year. Here is some coreopsis peeking out from underneath our Golden Honey Locust.




It is lovely and cool out this morning.

We had a huge thunderstorm that only lasted maybe 20 minutes last night. We got over a quarter inch of rain in that short time period.

It then passed us by and we had a lovely gentle rain for quite awhile longer.

Yes, some alone time is good, Raven, so I hope the heat will let up enough for you to spend a night camping outside by yourself.

SandySu, how have you been doing?

Ducky, I've been thinking about putting some Asiatic lilies in the yard. They are so brightly colored.

Time to feed and weed. Feed the critters and weed the yard. Before it gets to 87 degrees later today.

Lizzie, I'm still wondering how you can have so much greenery in the dessert during a drought!

 

[awsum140]

Can we say "careful water management" AKA drip watering.

 

[cindycated]

I was hanging out at Lowes yesterday and noticed that they sold tomato plants potted with marigolds! How cool is that? I thought "that was awfully progressive and practical of them. Is this Lowes?"

 

[Renolizzie]

Lizzie, I'm still wondering how you can have so much greenery in the dessert during a drought!

It is permanently in drought here where we get 6 inches of precipitation on average. The way we can have greenery is using a drip system and be on a well.

We also carefully consider what we plant. Black locust can live on 60 gallons of water a week. That is 6 one gallon drippers running for five hours twice a week.

Junipers of all types also need very little water. The green ash trees need more like 80 gallons per week and the golden honey locust is a water pig who wants more like 100 gallons per week. I only have one of those. I chose it for the back yard because I thought it wouldn't sucker and because it gives a lovely open shade pattern when fully grown. Plus the yellow color really brightens up the backyard.

The shrubbery is getting, perhaps, 10 or so gallons per week.

By the way, using a drip system takes far less water than other watering methods

 

[3mg Meniere]

I was hanging out at Lowes yesterday and noticed that they sold tomato plants potted with marigolds! How cool is that? I thought "that was awfully progressive and practical of them. Is this Lowes?"

That is going to cut down on their pesticide sales!!

It is permanently in drought here where we get 6 inches of precipitation on average. ...By the way, using a drip system takes far less water than other watering methods

Unlike here, when It rains, it rally rains, so saving water from the torrential downpours also helps. Do you capture the water running off your roof?

Looks like our rainstorm here is going to be a slow and steady thing for 24 hour straight.

 

[Renolizzie]

We don't bother to try to capture rain water. Not worth the effort. The native plants all thrive here on our 6" of precipitation. That 6" includes snow in the winter and rain in the summer. We didn't get snow this winter so I guess Mother Nature is making it up to us with a series of rain storms this spring

 

[3mg Meniere]

We don't bother to try to capture rain water. .... We didn't get snow this winter so I guess Mother Nature is making it up to us with a series of rain storms this spring

Next project? It might be more worthwhile than you think. Your well-water is probably loaded with minerals that might eventually damage the soil. Plus better to drink.

 

[awsum140]

Some State, out west, doesn't let you capture your own rain water, they claim it is "community property".

 

[3mg Meniere]

I asked Google. On the books, but not enforced.

Update: June 1, 2015: Apparently, Nevada does not allow rain water harvesting (rain barrels) without a water right. This was brought to my attention by Tracey Reuck, who posted a comment on this blog. His source is the Reno Gazette Journal. The article in this Journal quotes an email from JoAnn Kittrell, public information manager for the Nevada Department of Conservation & Natural Resources regarding the harvesting of rain water in rain barrels “”This is a question that comes up periodically. NRS 533.030 provides that ‘subject to existing rights, and except as otherwise provided in this section, all water may be appropriated for beneficial use as provided in this chapter and not otherwise.’ It is interpreted to mean that you can’t collect and use water, even if it is just a rain barrel, without the benefit of a water right.”” The article goes on to say:

“As to examples where someone in Nevada has been fined for an illegal rain barrel, she said, “The Division of Water Resources has not (policed), and does not plan to police, rain barrels.”

Rainwater harvesting regulations state by state | Rain water harvesting and slow sand water filters

Further down, however:

The following get an A (no laws or statutes regarding rainwater harvesting) Wyoming West Virginia Wisconsin Vermont Tennessee South Carolina Rhode Island Pennsylvania Oklahoma North Dakota New York New Jersey New Hampshire Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Delaware Connecticut Arkansas Alaska Alabama

 

[awsum140]

Next will be recycling your own sewage water, yummy!