It has been raining all day. It seems to have stopped for a few minutes. A neighbor is watering his lawn. Please tell me what he could be thinking.
2006-09-02 08:38:46 · 25 answers · asked by Jacks036 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You haven't said exactly how much rain you got, though you did say all day, so this guy May be a bit strange. But the fact is that right after a LIGHT rain is the optimum time to water. ( The second best being right before--the down side to doing it before is you can't be sure it will only be a small amount of rain). It is always better to water deeply. If you take advantage of a natural rain that is insufficient in itself ( say, less than a quarter inch) by watering after it stops you can accomplish a deep watering using less hose water. This is a very basic fact of gardening or any sort of growing , yet is widely unappreciated. I've heard many others question this practice over the years, but it is the right thing to do. Even if you got a quarter inch your neighbor may need to be very sure that his yard gets a real deep watering because of a particular reason. For example if he has white pines that are in white pine decline, etc etc. Hope this helps.
2006-09-02 08:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by TalkingDonkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My neighbour waters his driveway with the hose. There are no leaves or anything. He just stands there with the hose pointed at the cement! I was driving in the rain once and saw a man sitting on his front lawn in undies in a lounge chair reading a newspaper. The paper was covered with clear plastic. People do strange things.
2006-09-02 16:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by wondering 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where u live...Some places(New York, San Fransico, L.A.) have what is called acid rain, which is just all of the pollution coming down in the rain drops. Acid Rain can cause "burn marks" in a lawn and on your skin
2006-09-02 08:45:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diluting the acid
don't agree with donkey, 10 mins of rain is more water than an hour with the pipe
2006-09-02 08:59:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's not thinking. I don't know about where you live, but here it is illegal to water after a rain because we are in a drought. Perhaps you could report him and have the cops come give him something to think about.
2006-09-02 08:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by Kate 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ernesto came by here on the way up the east coast and dropped about 7 inches of rain on us. In the midst of it, my neighbors sprinklers were going....
2006-09-02 08:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by clarity 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He's washing off the acid rain? Or perhaps trying to create a swimming hole. There aren't signs up around his place for mud wrestling are there?
2006-09-02 08:44:54 · answer #7 · answered by Magic One 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what your neighbor is like, But if he is not mentally sick or anything, your right it's STUPID! LOL Hands down, So sorry you seen that. I would have given a million bucks to have seen your face when you seen that to.LOL Oh, I'm playing with you, but it is funny!
2006-09-02 14:46:12 · answer #8 · answered by SecretUser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL I have seen this before also. But I have also seen someone wash their car when they know it's about to rain! Rain is water right? lol
2006-09-02 08:42:23 · answer #9 · answered by GeorgiaGurl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he is just caught up in a habit?
Or maybe his has offended a water gnome, and no rain fell on his house, so he has to water it himself
2006-09-02 08:41:41 · answer #10 · answered by not at home 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋