My yard...

lauren&matt

(totally skipping the destruction Matt created...) is a crispy brown mess. Anyone else in this boat? For some reason our front yard looks nice; probably bc it is much more shaded... our back looks awful. It's one big brown hill. (with scaffolding and bricks and other construction crap; but that is a whole other post more suited for D&R.)

*~~*~~rain~~*~~*rain*~~*~~rain~~*~~*

that's me doing the 'net rain dance. Anyone else want to join in? Oh, and I made a big mistake this weekend. I went out of town and decided to be eco-savvy and save some money and totally turn off our air-con. When I got home last night the upstairs was 95* and the downstairs was 89*. It took 2 flippin' hours to cool down. Elise and I were dying..... and that was so stupid of me- we have a digital thermostat so I should have just set it to 85* or something. Lesson learned... 

I fear it's going to be a hot summer.....  

paith041

Our backyard is doing great. For some reason it always looks pretty good on it's own and we don't ever water it. I think it's because it just gets the morning sun. The front yard is slowly turning into one big brown patch though. It still hasn't filled itself in since we seeded and put dirt down. We were going to try to seed the front half again, but it's just too hot. I figure we'll leave it for now and try again in like September when it finally cools off.

salbert79

Our front yard looks okay, but Bermuda grass can take quite a heat hit. The backyard is starting to look brown where it gets full sun. I tried to water it a little....we'll see if it helps!

 I'll join in on that rain dance, though!!

*GregsGirl*

Our front yard is doing pretty good. Our side and backyards are kinda eh. We plan on putting new grass in and doing some minor landscaping sometime this fall so I guess it doesn't really bother me....for now. And I agree, if its already hitting the 100's in June, I think July and August are going to be BRUTAL.

*joins in raindance*

alliwalton

I am sure it will rain now, I just washed my car!

Mr&Mrs.B

These 50 oak trees in my back yard are a blessing!  I am so greatful, my back and front yard are still green!  Gotta love trees!

Mr&Mrs.B

...oh, and Lauren...our AC guy said to NEVER turn the AC completely off when you are out of town in the summer.  He suggested to crank it up to about 84-85 degrees. that way, the AC is cycling only a couple of times and when you get home and try to cool things off, it won't take so long.  He said that you can actually use more energy trying to cool off the house in a short amount of time vs. putting the temp up to 84 when you are gone.....HTH!

salbert79

Mr&Mrs.B:

...oh, and Lauren...our AC guy said to NEVER turn the AC completely off when you are out of town in the summer.  He suggested to crank it up to about 84-85 degrees. that way, the AC is cycling only a couple of times and when you get home and try to cool things off, it won't take so long.  He said that you can actually use more energy trying to cool off the house in a short amount of time vs. putting the temp up to 84 when you are gone.....HTH!

Yeah, definitely don't turn it off. When we moved in, the AC had been turned off for a long time. We moved in the house in July and it ran for SO LONG! We just turn it up a little over 80 and leave it.

suzstar

Our front yard isn't bad but our back yard is a giant brown lot. A couple of years ago my hubby had the pool bulldozed which left a huge rectangular area and that is the most brown of all of it. *sigh* I don't know that it will ever get better even if we never have another drought as long as we are here.

lauren&matt

Mr&Mrs.B:

...oh, and Lauren...our AC guy said to NEVER turn the AC completely off when you are out of town in the summer.  He suggested to crank it up to about 84-85 degrees. that way, the AC is cycling only a couple of times and when you get home and try to cool things off, it won't take so long.  He said that you can actually use more energy trying to cool off the house in a short amount of time vs. putting the temp up to 84 when you are gone.....HTH!

Yea... I actually knew that. So I'm really not sure what I was thinking... *sigh* 

pkate98

no kidding, we need more rain!!