Texas Drought...

Texas is experiencing another drought year, which makes it the third in a row. Our water troubles can't even compare to California's woes; although this is no laughing matter, Jimmy Kimmel had a funny bit a few monhts ago about the rain.  Jimmy Kimmel on first California Rain. 

But the water shortage effects us, too. In a town Northwest of our home, the city has a water recycling plant that filters their water, including black water waste--yes, poop--back into drinking water.

This morning there was a thunderstorm down pour for about two hours. Eventually, Lorne and I would like to purchase some barrels for rain collection to water our garden, but until then we are making do. During the storm I collected the sixteen, three gallon sized bottles of rain water.

 Twelve gallons from back porch.

Front porch water collection  

Front porch has eighteen additional gallons, and Lucy's old toy bin for collection. 

The collected water will bath our veggies for a week or two.