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For those who grew up on farms or in a rural area, brown was the color of autumn. Mother Nature was making her last hurrah on her annual color palette before cleaning it off and turning it white so the New Year could start afresh. At Four Seasons this year we have more brown than usual (it's not UPS deliveries) due to water drought restrictions. We are all optimistic that plentiful rainfall will soon lead to relaxation of these measures. Our landscape water consumption for the period Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 was down 41 percent from 2013. Statewide, Californians reduced their consumption by 11.5 percent. We did have three rains between Aug. 4 and Sept. 8 that likely account for most of our reduction since the restrictions did not commence until mid-September. However, looking at the two- month figures (August and September) our reduction was only 1 percent. Still, this is good news for water conservation but our plant life is now visibly affected by the water diet and in November a more stringent reduction will place more stress without a few good rains, even with shorter days and cooler temperatures. Odd numbered houses will be restricted to Monday and Friday and even numbered houses to Tuesday and Saturday (this is a change). This is the time of year when we fertilize our grass and in order not to burn the grass, immediate watering for a few minutes is necessary. This is a one-time violation and BCVWD is aware of our action. The new community facility at the top of the hill should be turned over to the HOA prior to the end of the year. Since the landscape plans were approved prior to the drought restrictions, we will likely inherit thirsty plants that we will not be able to water without violating these water restrictions. Our Board will have to make some tough decisions as to the future landscape designs for our community as brown becomes a year-round color and bib overalls with straw hats become our dress code. ~ Leonard Tavernetti 18 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2014 | COMMUNITY NEWS Landscape Committee