As the drought continues in Nebraska its impact is going beyond agriculture.Yano’s Nursery sits out on 192nd in Omaha and has had to change the way it waters plants, trees and flowers to combat the drought.”Throwing stuff away and trying to get it into water has been a task,” Joe Basso said.Basso has been at Yano’s for 25 years. In that time, this is the most Yano’s had ever had to water its inventory, according to Basso.”There hasn’t been any relief and it’s been every day,” he said.Yano’s uses an overhead watering system and irrigation system in the nursery, as well as an irrigation system in the tree farm. They try to be conservative with how much water they use and make sure the water is covering the right area rather than ending up on the ground. The U.S. Drought Monitor releases an updated drought map every Thursday. As of June 29, nearly all of Douglas County is under “extreme drought.”
As the drought continues in Nebraska its impact is going beyond agriculture.
Yano’s Nursery sits out on 192nd in Omaha and has had to change the way it waters plants, trees and flowers to combat the drought.
“Throwing stuff away and trying to get it into water has been a task,” Joe Basso said.
Basso has been at Yano’s for 25 years. In that time, this is the most Yano’s had ever had to water its inventory, according to Basso.
“There hasn’t been any relief and it’s been every day,” he said.
Yano’s uses an overhead watering system and irrigation system in the nursery, as well as an irrigation system in the tree farm. They try to be conservative with how much water they use and make sure the water is covering the right area rather than ending up on the ground.
The U.S. Drought Monitor releases an updated drought map every Thursday. As of June 29, nearly all of Douglas County is under “extreme drought.”
