Yep, you can check that box for me as well. Almost overnight my backyard range has turned from a stretch of nothing but dirt to an entire patch of purselane.
When it rains it pours
After a very dry year to date the monsoons finally made it here to the NM desert. Interesting living in a place that gets half or more of its annual rain from just a couple of good thunderstorms. Three storms over the past week and a half gave us ~4 inches of rain after two inches or less from Jan through June.
The pic is my usual shooting spot. Thankfully the desert is a big place, so no problem finding a place to keep shooting.
The wildlife has perked up noticeably too. Quail and rabbits are more active now and should do well if the vegetation perks up a bit with the recent watering.
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The pic is my usual shooting spot. Thankfully the desert is a big place, so no problem finding a place to keep shooting.
The wildlife has perked up noticeably too. Quail and rabbits are more active now and should do well if the vegetation perks up a bit with the recent watering.
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Ceiling fans are your friend. We have the luxury of not living on a flat rock and used our crawl space under the house to allow us to put the swamper on the ground and re-duct with ease. No roof around here anymore .
When the humidity rises the fans save the day even in 100+ temps and we don't have to spend the extra $100 a month for a refer unit to support PNM.
When the humidity rises the fans save the day even in 100+ temps and we don't have to spend the extra $100 a month for a refer unit to support PNM.
Thanks Cromag that’s actually really good advice about the ceiling fans. I too live in a raised tin palace lol. My place has no fans and for some reason no ceiling lighting was installed when they built it either. I’ve been thinking a long time on running a line up the wall and over and putting in some fans with lights. I think that just concreted that decision for me. 👍 (and jeeze yeah don’t get me started on PNM. I live out in the county and the electricity prices are phenomenally higher than in town 😤) … but I also have an acre so I can shoot my slingshot a good distance. Pluses and minuses to everything. I try to stay positive.Ceiling fans are your friend. We have the luxury of not living on a flat rock and used our crawl space under the house to allow us to put the swamper on the ground and re-duct with ease. No roof around here anymore .
The rain aalso gets the sage to bloom that wonderful purple. Funny plants- I can water them just short of drowning but the dont bloom until they get rained on.
And it looks like we are gonna get smacked tonight. Cloud picks were an hour ago. We are getting outflow gusts around 60 mph right now and are under a severe / hazardous storm warning. If we get three or more drops of rain they will add flash flood too.
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And it looks like we are gonna get smacked tonight. Cloud picks were an hour ago. We are getting outflow gusts around 60 mph right now and are under a severe / hazardous storm warning. If we get three or more drops of rain they will add flash flood too.
The extremes in the US are largely made by the media
Bummer to see all that. Would be great if we could all get the rain we needed well in well dispersed gentle rains. Hoping things calm down without any more damage in your area.
Our recent monsoons have the desert popping. Our ocatillo's have gone deep green and are leafing out, though it may be too late for them and a lot of the cacti to flower. Other shrubs are bursting though.
Wild life has also been more active this week. Have seen more rabbits (jacks and cottontail), quail, and doves. Also a few roadrunners and was even visited by a couple of hummingbirds this morning. Been having a hard time getting pics of the wild life, though the plants have been more cooperative.
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