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This morning I have been reading up on local water restrictions. At present, my local area does not have anything specific enacted but we are in one of the areas of "exceptional drought," the highest rating. Residents are encouraged to not water between 10am and 6pm, and to limit watering to three times per week. This is mostly talking about lawns, and I am doing zero lawn watering. My shower catch bucket gets dumped outside about every four showers, and that's about a 3/4 full 5-gallon bucket when that happens. That is shared around the yard to different spots each time. I am not doing any of the usual garden watering today because Friday's snow/rain was recorded as 1" of water received, and that will cover this week. All the established perennials are blooming/growing pretty energetically. One of my garden strategies this year is to disturb the soil, water, and just watch and see what the heck is already growing here. My neighbor said the previous resident literally never gardened. #Gardening #Colorado