After a very dry winter, it rained most of Thursday and right into Friday. Since the ground is still fairly frozen, it was good that it was a gentle rain that caused no problems at our house and garden. As the rain initially started to fall very lightly, it made the dry spots under the furniture look like snowy remnants.
I woke up Saturday morning to discover the rain had turned into snow at some point during the night.
And turned back to rain, filling the garden with spring greens.
Though our few warm days were lovely, I am much happier to be getting some rain as spring is starting.
Glad I put out my rain gauge so I could measure the precipitation in my garden: .87" (2.20 cm.) More rain is forecast midweek.
It was such a dry fall and winter that I am definitely not going to complain about the three days of rain in our forecast for this week. We just got back from a weekend visiting our son in Denver, so I am heading out for a garden prowl before the rain starts.
Posted by: Kristin | Monday, March 21, 2022 at 08:01 AM
Congratulations! That's a huge amount of rain by comparison to what we've become used to and I hope it signifies a definitive shift in the seasons for you. We unexpectedly got a smidgen of rain this past weekend too (0.13/inch) :)
Posted by: Kris P | Monday, March 21, 2022 at 01:51 PM