Texas Gardening: Hot July Blooms, 0 by sharondippity

sharondippity wrote:
this is what the heat and drought have done to most of my water gardens. The Lotus are surviving in the mud.

I tried getting out in the mud to dig up a few to replant in another pond that is holding water better than this one. Anybody ever dig lotus from an earthen pond? It is imperative to get the tender tubers and they go to China in the muck.

I got my foot stuck in the mud, fell over on my butt...in the heat....my heart was pounding. I wish I had a video of the fat lady stuck in the mud, struggling to get up, seeing life flash before her face and laughing her a...... off!

Ya"ll pray for rain