Rain, Rain and more RAIN!

[hengal]

Now okay, I realize that a. - some of you out there could really use some rain right now and b. - I'll probably be wishing for some rain in the hot days of July and August when everything is dry as dust......but geesh !!! can we just get a break here please?? By the looks of things its going to be June before the ground is dry enough to plant anything.
Anyone else floating??

[Kstornado11]

Yup, same thing here. Having a brief break today,but more rain & thunderstorms forecast for the rest of the week after today. My yard is a swamp. At least the ducks are happy!

[DoubleD]

It rains ALOT where I live - from fall through spring. But that is the normal pattern here. I work around it by having raised beds and keep them covered with grow tunnels - fall through spring - so that the soil and harvest can be worked just about anytime - despite the falling weather.

[culpeper]

Please send some over my way! We are experiencing the worst drought in our recorded history, are about to go onto Level 5 water restrictions (not even buckets allowed for watering gardens, no car/house washing, etc). Our govt is about to start recycling our sewerage for us to drink. Level 6 restrictions (probably water rationing) due in July unless rain happens - and we are entering our 'dry' season!!

[Ravenlost]

Please send it to northwest Alabama. My hometown is under a burn ban due to the severe lack of rain. They're fighting multiple fires daily.

[Danaus29]

I've got water standing in my yard from all the recent rain. We never even dried out last summer. I watered the potted plants just a couple times. I really don't see how the farmers can till their land as wet as Ohio and Indiana have been the past 2 years. Supposed to rain again in a couple days, just as the soil was getting almost dry enough to work. Bummer. I wish we could send it to areas where it is needed.

[chickenista]

I could use some too, please. Fires burned 250 acres of mountainside the other day and my ground is cracked and hard and dusty. If I send you one end of a hose, do you think I could syphon from your yard? When we get into a permanent place, I am doing rainwater collection and grey water, you betcha.

[CoonXpress]

Nice thing about having raised beds, got about 4-5" of rain in the past 2 days, and the garden is nice and workable. Also, for the summer, I use a soaker hose and a good hour long soak a week and the garden does great.
Will