Battling a Drought

I've lost track of how many days have gone by without rain.  Yesterday I looked out to see dots on the pavement and got all excited.  In a second, they were dried up and no more rain.

Watering with the hose, and well water has been exhausting.  The rain barrels are drying up.   I do not have a sprinkler nor an extra hose to do the watering in that way.  I already have about three hoses hooked together.  You can see the fall planted green beans are popping up, but other vegetables are doing terrible - carrots, beets, and cauliflower.  I am sort of worried, but we battle something weather-wise every year.  

I just tell myself "Plot Twist" and move on.  That is some writer's humor, but it works in real life too, ha ha!

You can see the ground is so dry it is cracking.  The grass on our homestead is brown and crumbled, but the Queen Anne's Lace is growing abundantly.  I look at it and convince myself that I do not need to make more jelly.  Hubby went out and mowed it all down, so now I feel less guilty for not making any.  

I wish I had better news, but now I think I have a rat getting in my coop (day and night).  I see one corner in the loft that I could block and hope that's all I need to do.  I can't find my rat traps, so I may need to buy more and set them in the loft in all barns.