After reaching moderate drought the winds of late August have finally delivered moisture and broken a hot, dry season. Paw Paw lake, “enriched” by fertilizer runoff and low water levels is a poster child for eutrophication in the recent landsat.com aerial image reproduced below.

The Blue Circle has a pair of 8-year old Paw Paw trees that first produced fruit last year. Paw Paws grow wild by the nearby Paw Paw River but only specimen trees have survived at lake properties.

The Paw Paw’s leaves are relatively large and conceal the ripening fruit. This image from earlier this month shows grass bleached by heat and drought. The trees required well water.