flowerbug
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did your rain dance work this morning? 
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frustratedearthmother
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Nope...
It was all around us. I could see it. I could smell it. I just couldn't feel it..
It was all around us. I could see it. I could smell it. I just couldn't feel it..
baymule
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We got a storm this morning at 2 AM. Didn't sleep worth a durn after that. Didn't get a lot of rain, but enough to settle the dust and hopefully give the grass a drink.
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frustratedearthmother
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Glad ya'll got something!
We literally had a few drops...didn't even get the driveway wet. Holding out hope for the Sun/Mon front that's supposed to be headed our way.
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frustratedearthmother
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I got my hopes up today. I should know better. We had a chance of rain. The skies got dark (again). The wind blew (again). The temperature dropped (again). I jumped into action. I went and grabbed 50 lbs of rye grass seed. Dumped it into buckets and put the buckets on the tractor. Several buckets under my feet and several in the front end loader. Got busy as fast as I could. Started tossing out the seeds. Wind was blustery so some of those seeds really flew, lol. I was going slow so I could get good coverage. I started noticing that it was getting easier to toss the seeds where I wanted them. Where was the wind that was catching all those seeds when I started? Not only was the wind missing - but the clouds were hurrying away as fast as they could and it got downright hot again. Sigh... Maybe it'll rain tomorrow. 
flowerbug
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I got my hopes up today. I should know better. We had a chance of rain. The skies got dark (again). The wind blew (again). The temperature dropped (again). I jumped into action. I went and grabbed 50 lbs of rye grass seed. Dumped it into buckets and put the buckets on the tractor. Several buckets under my feet and several in the front end loader. Got busy as fast as I could. Started tossing out the seeds. Wind was blustery so some of those seeds really flew, lol. I was going slow so I could get good coverage. I started noticing that it was getting easier to toss the seeds where I wanted them. Where was the wind that was catching all those seeds when I started? Not only was the wind missing - but the clouds were hurrying away as fast as they could and it got downright hot again. Sigh... Maybe it'll rain tomorrow.
so you were feeding the birdies?
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frustratedearthmother
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probably...
baymule
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I’ve done that very thing.
flowerbug
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do you have a lot of small pots around that you can put dirt in and get them started where you can water them until the rains return? then you can plant out the plugs. or is this an annual?
for me rye is a grain.
baymule
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Rye grass is an annual and doesn’t put out roots or runners to multiply itself. When the stars align and the grass gods smile upon us, rye grass provides at least 2 months of early grazing before the summer grasses start growing. Pots won’t work for the sheer numbers of grass stalks.
