Rain! Glorious rain!
Despite having a low chance of rain, overnight we doubled the amount of rain we have gotten in the last month. So far we are at 1/2". We probably won't see much more, but that will help for now.
I tempted the Weather Gods by watering several of the established flower/shrub beds yesterday as well as half of the vegetable garden. I figured that we haven't gotten rain when there was 80% and 90% chance of rain, so the measly chance we had for last night meant nothing. We even heard thunder rumbling in the distance last night, but still nothing by the time we went to bed around 10:30 (of course we have heard thunder plenty of times in the last month - hasn't mean much around here this year though).
However, the Weather Gods could not resist the gauntlet I threw down in front of them and they gave up the good.
If you guys out west of us want to send a couple more storms our way, we would take a couple more inches (in 2-3 storms, not all at once). In return, I'll work on a recipe for you to reduce the storms and rain that you have been experiencing*.
*Disclaimer: No promises are made as to the effectivity of any recipe concocted, or even of a finished recipe being published.
It really would be nice if we could work out an agreement whereby we shared rainfall each year. I thought of you last night as the weather radar on TV was showing all of the red in PA, NY, etc--noting that nothing was really doing in your area. *sigh*
Posted by: Cop Car | June 15, 2008 at 09:14 AM
We've had enough to keep the farmers out of the fields, and enough to make my gardens lush. Luckily, we have not had so much that Casa Buffy had to worry about flooding. Rain came last night to save transplants that I hadn't remembered to water.
My sis, her daughter, her daughter's Danish beau and his mother are doing Chicago today, and hope to do a twilight sail with DH. I hope they luck out and miss the scattered showers that have been moving through.
Good luck with your rain dance ...er...recipe.
Posted by: buffy | June 21, 2008 at 05:03 PM
The recipe worked to an extent. We got several days of rain this week, culminating in about 1.5" of wet stuff. Naturally, we got 3/4" in a 15 minute deluge last night, so all of that ran off (proof: the driveway has mini-canyons running down it. Fixable without too much effort, but still a pain in the butt).
The gardens and weeds are looking much perked up!
Posted by: bogie | June 28, 2008 at 06:10 AM