Kiwi Phil
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Today we have reicieved the 1st noticable rain in probably the past 6 months. <br />It won't be enough to settle the dust for more than half a day, but at least it will freshen the brown lawn up a bit.<br />We have been in a drought for probably the past 5 yrs. My dam has not been full in all that time. <br />I continually recirculate the water and really need it to overflow at least once a year to flush it. Has been a horrible green colour and stinks.<br />The last drought (3 years before this one) went for 7yrs. <br />There were 8 yrs old kids around that had never seen rain then.<br />The joke was, when it rained, "all the kids started fainting, so they had to chuck buckets of dust over them to bring them around"
<br />Was a joke, but in reality wasn't far removed from the truth.<br />We keep our garden growing with sullage water. The ultimate in recycling.<br />Fortunately we have town water to the house.<br />Lets hope we get plenty more this spring. Who cares what the humidity goes to.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip