It’s been almost a month since we’ve had a proper rainstorm, and I’m starting to feel nostalgic.
The last precipitation of note happened on September 11. With predictable effects on flags…
After I took my flag back into the house — and hung it up to dry — it was back outside to observe the weather events.
Front porch and the plants are really getting a soaking…
Elsewhere in the xeriscape, the prickly pear cactus, trailing indigo, and chuparosa are loving the water. Oh, are they ever…
Last stop on the Rainfall 911 tour is my driveway. Don’t get me wrong: I like my driveway. I really do. No cars here, but I do enjoy having a nice, smooth surface for launching bicycle rides.
But there’s a problem with the driveway. It allows a lot of water to escape the property…
After the water leaves my place, it’s out in the street, where it adds to Tucson’s urban flooding problem. I’d like that driveway water to stay around and benefit my plants, which help to cool our city.
How to accomplish this? I’m not sure.
But I can say that my place will be one of 14 stops on the Watershed Management Group’s Second Annual Home-scape Tour. Perhaps the collective intelligence of those who visit can help me work on the driveway runoff problem.