Dry Grass Here

I know that our "drought" problems are not as bad as other parts of the country, but as you can see from these pictures of our lawn, there are definite signs of dry weather this summer here at our house. We had a pretty dry and hot July and August. We have gotten a little rain here and there especially the first part of Sept. and, of course, during the spring when the Missouri River flooded, but here we see that we still need rain to make our grass green. Hopefully it will recover when it does rain here.

This is what the ground in our garden looks like. I've also heard farmers around here say that their fields have ridges like these from the ground being so dry. This ground will probably recover once we get rain.

I don't envy the farmers who will have to clean up the flood debris and recondition their soil, etc. following the receding of the waters of the Missouri River.

I also don't envy the people who have had to recover from tornadoes, hurricanes, and wild fires.