Hot and Dry

Returning to the Ranch after away for a few days does help you notice changes.  It has been hot and dry for several weeks and the pasture grass won't last much longer at this rate.  The grass growing in the cedars will be all right for a while though.  The Mountain Pink are showing a few signs of coming out.  As mentioned in earlier posts I anticipate a lot this year.  They are usually out by July 4th so it will be soon.  There were no feeders on the ground when we returned so culling raccoons has helped there.  I'll see how it goes before continuing that program. 

We have begun to water the bermuda grass around the house this week.  We will let the outer native grass go dormant, but the landscaped grass is still relatively new so we will water once a week through summer.   I highly recommend Buffalo grass as it looks better than other natives at this point. The cherry tomato plant looks great.  I ate the first one this week off the vine.

Looks like it is time to start summer hours.  Chores in the early mornings before the heat sets in at midday.