Hi Beka, sorry to hear of your troubles, especially as it is your first year. We are also pretty dry but I do highly recommend a drip irrigation system if you can do it. It not only will actually save you water, it will cut down on your disappointments with plants that need really regular water. T-tape works great and with the initial investment of the tubing and the attachments, it will last you a long time and not cost much in the future. As to plants for planting now, try sunflowers. There are several great candidates for cuts that bloom in as little as 50 days. Try the sunrich series, procut series, and a beauty named 'strawberry blonde' all from Johnnys Seeds. The other thing you might try are zinnias, I dont know what your growing season is like but you might get a decent crop. As to the question of grasses, I dont know. I grew purple majesty millet this year with great success but I dont know if the remaining time in your zone would allow it to come into bloom. I am a novice at this, but there are pros on this forum who, I am sure, will chime in as time allows. Best of luck. Kat

Beka:
Like Kat said, Sunflowers and Zinnias are two good cut that can be sown still. I still will be making 2 more planting of Sunflowers. Those are the only two that I plant this late. Hopefully someone from your area will beable to give you better input.

Heidi