Most Gardens will Die this week!

This is just so sad... seems like this Global Warming thing is affecting even the most innocent creature on Earth... here in my country... we are like having a cold spell at night... it is already March... and it is still cold in the evening... not that i am complaining... since we are able to save a little from not using the aircondition... but it sometimes bug me that... the world's climate is fast changing... I hope you can save most of the plants in your garden...

I am sorry you are having so much trouble. It sounds like it could be a big problem. It is hard to keep things growing when we aren't allowed to put water on them. I hope you guys get some drought relief soon and the heat wave lets up.

I'm in the US, so we're waiting on spring, but the weather has been extreme in many ways this year. I hope you can save your garden. I so want a good garden this year but I don't know if the weather will cooperate.

Plug your tub when you take a shower and use the water from the tub to water your plants. I remember about 25 years ago we had a restriction on water use. I saved the water from the dishes and from the bathtub to water the garden. The garden survived.

As we head towards Spring after what I consider to be a very mild Winter I just wonder what is in store for us. Last year we had a dreadful drought which also gave us terrible wildfires and water rationing so I know what you are going through. I just hope Mother Nature will be kinder this year.

This is very unfortunate. I understand your pain. You put so much time and effort to see your babies grow up and die from something beyond your control. There is a possibility they will make it. If there has been insufficient water the plants will have to create a deeper root system to get to the water in the ground. This might save them. You will probably have to cut them back. It might be a good idea to cut them back before the heat wave. Less plant matter means less water lost through expiration. I would suffer dearly from this type of situation. I try to catch as much water as I can in the spring to save on my water bill as well as a safety net in case of a drought. Last but not least... maybe you can throw a pig or some sheep in a volcano or something. A sacrifice might bring the rains.

I am sad for you Jenny B. It sounds like you are doing what you can. I have been known to catch buckets of water in the shower for my plants. I miss it when I lose favorites. Maybe soon your drought will break.

This is sad Jenny! I didn't realise how bad you guys are going down there with the drought. As you probably know, QLD has had some decent rain in the last couple of months. So much so that they let us have a 'wet weekend' where we could hose as much as we wanted for a whole hour! All I can suggest is yeah, keep your washing water. Put buckets in your show and catch the water (you'd be suprised at how much you can collect from one shower). Um...keep a bucket next to your kitchen sink so whenever you rinse something out, instead of tipping the dirty water down the sink, throw it in the bucket (even if you're just rinsing out a mug after a coffee). It all adds up and you can collect quite a bit of water this way. For a while there I was also scoping out the water after I'd done my dishes and putting that on the garden,. it didn't seem to hurt them at all. Good luck and if all else fails, you'll have to plant drought resistant plants! Grow a cactus garden!

Sorry to hear about the drought. I couldn't imagine such a thing. We have almost the opposite here, and my yard is so soggy right now with all the snow and rain we've had. Wish I could send a little over your way to help.