Danny King takes a running jump through a sprinkler Monday at Stockton Park in Lafayette. The City of Lafayette Parks Department set up the sprinkler to water the grass and flowers at the park. / By Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier
Lawns are turning brown. The top soil is dry. And some of Dee Dilling’s flowers look like they’re dead – except for the blossom on the tip.
“This is June, and it feels like August,” said Dilling, co-president of the Master Gardeners Association of Tippecanoe County. “The yards look like August.”
Lafayette is about 4 inches shy of average precipitation through nearly the first six months of the year, according to the National Weather Service.
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