Droughts are a direct result of increasing global temperatures.
During droughts or long periods between natural rainfall, give the roots a good soak with the hose.
Droughts, extensive in area and in duration, are by no means uncommon.
In the 'seventies, after a succession of wet seasons, and again in the 'eighties, settlement was pushed far westward, beyond the limits of safe agriculture, but hundreds of settlers - and indeed many entire communities - were literally starved out by the recurrence of droughts.
The climate is changing, bringing with it threats of rising sea levels and worsening droughts and floods.
