Hey and Welcome from Texas!!! Yep it is Hotter than ya know!!!! and dry as a bone here...If you have no irrigation system you can take a piece of 3~4" PVC about 4' drill some small holes at one end and bury 2+' in the ground and water thru there.. that way your water has the oppurtunity to penetrate and get those roots to head down instead of out...Best of Luck and YES pic's!!!
Kylie