A wet week

We only got a half and inch of rain the last week in August and barely a quarter inch the first week of September. Trees and shrubs and my new plantings all need to be hydrated as we move towards winter. Rain was forecast on Monday and I was going to have to water the garden if it missed us the way it had been doing.

Not this time. We've had just over 5 inches of rain since Monday night. Looks like it will be clear skies until late next week. I still have some plant orders yet to arrive so I am hoping things dry out a bit so I can get some work done in the garden. 

That old Morton's salt slogan seems to be our new normal: "When it rains, it pours."

Comments

[Lisa at Greenbow]

How we need some of that pouring rain. No rain here as yet this month other than a sprinkle here and there. I will have to begin watering to prepare all for winter.

[Susie]

A lot of rain! That big leaf looks so lusciously happy. I watched gray skies all day yesterday but never a drop.

[Kris P]

I can't even imagine that, Linda. I'm SO envious.

[Linda Brazill]

I am happy to get all that rain since it was very dry but I'd rather have an inch a week spaced out all month.  But it is making it a bit wet to do any work and I am itching to make some changes and have plants on order. 

[Linda Brazill]

Until this week it seemed like the storms kept splitting and missing us. Can't complain much as we needed the rain. But it makes it a bit difficult to do much in the garden.

[Barbara H.]

I'm with Lisa - really, really need some good soaking rains here. Temps are still in the 90s and it has been way too dry. I know too much can be a pain - too bad it doesn't space itself out in terms of time and space.