Chicken Grandma - Rather than respond directly as to whether or not you should water your lawn I'd like to arm you with some information: The U.S. is buckling under the warmest 12 months it has experienced since we began recording temperatures, most of the nation is under a drought. Just to the south of us, in IL, farmers are able to stick their hands down into the cracks in their fields because it is so dry. The heat and drought have led the USDA to declare huge portions of the U.S. -- including much of the grain belt -- under a natural disaster. Farmers are losing their stock and their crops and many will come out the other side of this bankrupt. Food prices are rising rapidly already and will continue under the pressure of low yields, making it difficult for more families to afford their groceries as early as this fall. We are, essentially, as close to The Dust Bowl as we've gotten since it ended. Regardless of how it looks, do you think you should be watering your lawn?
