September 6-12, 2025
Brignac, Louisiana 

September has been dry so far, with only 0.60 inches of rain in the past three weeks. Drainage ditches are dry except for gray water pools at discharge pipes. Road construction to install turn lanes continues in full swing. Working late into the dry night air, the work crew is making substantial progress in laying the initial layer of asphalt where the new lanes will emerge from the area where I have cultivated poppies for over 15 years. I eagerly anticipate the beginning of a new era of Ascension Poppies. The flower beds are dry and require irrigation before they can be reworked for fall planting. Container-grown flowers receive twice-daily watering. Cucumber vines have begun producing fruit and the containers have been equipped with automated watering and constant liquid feed. The front lawn renovation project has progressed, with the ground being leveled and debris removed from the surface. The dry soil surface has generated a lot of dust, but by removing the upper crust of tilled soil, one can expose good soil moisture.  
A stray shower dropped 0.17” of rain late Friday night, a dust settler.