On 2015-05-26 11:06 AM, Janet B wrote:

> Where I am, in a nearby state, we are also in drought but nothing
> approaching California. I've always had soaker hoses for all my
> garden areas but this year I also covered with the weed barrier cloth
> or the red high-yield mulch fabric. So far it seems to limit
> evaporation.
>

I am in southern Ontario and we need rain. We had a very cold winter and
not a heck of a lot of snow. It was so cold that the snow we did have
stuck around until spring, when it melted gradually. We have not had a
real rain in about a month. Yesterday it sprinkled for about 5 minutes.
The forecasts for rain keep getting pushed back later and later and
the amount of precipitation expected keeps dropping.