Mandatory Water Restriction
In addition to the hawk sighting, another bit of news we got from our (wonderful, chicken-sitting) neighbors is that Newburyport is under a water restriction now. It has been a very dry July , and that is combined with a snow-free winter, so I guess it was just a matter of time before we had to tighten our belts. So we are only supposed to water on even days (because we live on the even side of the street), and only early in the morning or later in the evening. That's not going to be a big deal, since I only water twice a week anyway, and only if we have had less than a half inch of rain since the previous watering. Too bad our rain barrels didn't arrive until after all the rain we had in June: Also, they would work better if we hooked them up. We just haven't had the chance between our porch renovation and travels. At least we don't feel like we've missed out on collecting massive quantities of water since it has barely rained at all this m...