GoGardenNews - Items of gardening and ecological interest — drought

Protect plants in heat waves: Use mulch to retain moisture, water deeply but infrequently for strong roots, set up drip irrigation or cycle‑and‑soak, and provide shade cloth when temps soar.

World Water Reserve recently featured an article about rainwater collection restrictions in some states.

According to the article, "You want to start collecting rainwater on your property but you've heard some rumors about the government making it illegal to do so."

Who knew?

"So, what's the truth? Is rainwater harvesting really illegal?"

Benzinga.com reports, "As the U.S. economy is grappling with multiple headwinds that have been spearheaded by the impact of the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes, another risk is looming on the horizon: dry weather."

Civil Eats reports, "After the first of California’s winter storms, Michael Naito went out into his dormant fields to open his water valves, intentionally flooding the land.

A blog post by Myron Ebell and Steven J. Milloy published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute asserts,

"Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today.

"None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true.

Yet, major media networks, universities, "experts", politicians and bureaucrats continue to push the claims.