Heatwave Blues
Jul. 13th, 2024 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lupinusbicolorI've been feeling down in the dumps lately, probably for a number of reasons but also because of the weather caused by the shitshow climate change. California is notorious for its wildfires and intense heatwaves, but coming off the tails of a beautifully mild spring, this one sure stings. In addition to the blast furnace that my plants are being exposed to on the daily, my landlord has decided to rescind hose privileges for the whole apartment complex. Our indoor water pressure is shit, so it takes three minutes to fill my two gallon watering can. I have to make... So many trips. Watering my nonnatives takes almost two hours now. For this reason, I can't water as often as I used to, and my plants are paying the price for it.
Poor things, I had to bring a few of the more sensitive ones inside after days of roasting. The in-ground plants are hanging on for dear life too.
This whole situation, along with being too tired for anything after work, being constantly sweaty and unable to sleep in the heat really has me bummed. I'm trying to keep it all alive but it feels like my hopes are daily being quashed by insurmountable external forces. Maybe I tie too much of my mental health to the garden, but when it starts to die I die inside a bit too. I'm just exhausted being the only one holding everything together.
My friends have suggested a sink-mounted hose to run outdoors, and I'm starting to see the appeal. The water pressure would be abysmal but I'll take anything that makes this easier, I just don't have the spoons anymore.
Well. I can at least take solace in the fact that next year's garden will be better than any before. The one thing I have to keep reminding myself to do is mulch mulch mulch.
That's all for today. Fingers crossed the future is a little cooler.
Poor things, I had to bring a few of the more sensitive ones inside after days of roasting. The in-ground plants are hanging on for dear life too.
This whole situation, along with being too tired for anything after work, being constantly sweaty and unable to sleep in the heat really has me bummed. I'm trying to keep it all alive but it feels like my hopes are daily being quashed by insurmountable external forces. Maybe I tie too much of my mental health to the garden, but when it starts to die I die inside a bit too. I'm just exhausted being the only one holding everything together.
My friends have suggested a sink-mounted hose to run outdoors, and I'm starting to see the appeal. The water pressure would be abysmal but I'll take anything that makes this easier, I just don't have the spoons anymore.
Well. I can at least take solace in the fact that next year's garden will be better than any before. The one thing I have to keep reminding myself to do is mulch mulch mulch.
That's all for today. Fingers crossed the future is a little cooler.
Yes ...
Date: 2024-10-07 09:17 am (UTC)That's what mine is. I have 2 acres and low heat tolerance. This is why I plant natives. But I still have to water everything in pots, the non-natives, and the new things until they are established. >_<
>>Maybe I tie too much of my mental health to the garden, but when it starts to die I die inside a bit too. <<
It's not just you, and that's not abnormal. Anyone strongly connected to the earth will feel it when things go wrong.
>>The one thing I have to keep reminding myself to do is mulch mulch mulch.<<
Have you seen hugelkultur? Buried wood retains moisture.