We're quite saturated, as well... and this week, temps are in the 90s and muggy! The tree frogs are happy... I am not! Powdery mildew and black spot are beginning to show up on some roses and perennials, but I've been feeding with a systemic, so that should help. I'm so glad you got your much needed rain, Kristi! If I'd known you needed it earlier, I'd have sent everything we're getting! ;-) Imagine... aside from container plants, I haven't had to water once! The weeds are gaining ground, however, and are impossible to keep up with! Yes... Happy Father's Day, belated, to everyone it applies to... and Happy Pre-Father's Day to Ryan! :-)

Speaking of rain......we just had the flood gates burst here! Wow, did the heavens open up, thunder, intense lightning...a real show! In preparation for The City's eventual replacement of my city-owned maple tree (ugh ...ugh...in relation to moisture robbing roots that encroach my front garden), I spent some time this morning digging out sun loving, rock-garden-type perennials. Then I loaded up the wheelbarrow full and wheeled it to the side of the house. A couple of hours later the rain storm hit and lasted a good forty minutes....when it stopped I thought I had better check the wheelbarrow. Good thing because the pots were swimming! I rescued the plants, filled 4 buckets with the rainwater, sloshed the remainder into a bed and rinsed out the wheelbarrow. Take a look at my "ark", lol.

It rained here (Thornton) in varying degrees for a full 36 hours! Don't even remember the last time I've seen that out here---if ever! Now, in Illinois it can go on for a WEEK, and nobody thinks anything unusual has happened! Out here anything that lasts more than two hours is worthy of a celebratory thread! CELEBRATE - CELEBRATE - CELEBRATE I got a total of 1.8 inches! EVERYTHING is SOGGY! LOVE IT! Don't remember when ALL my perennials and ALL my grass was looking this good all at the same time! No matter what you do with a sprinkler, it just isn't possible to get all areas and all corners of the lawn watered adequately! Always parts that are looking a little bit peaked! Just took a very slow, and very COLD walk around the yard to inspect everything and celebrate with the plants! A slow, even, deep watering of EVERYTHING! Does anybody know how we might go about ordering one of these for every month or so????????? I don't have any idea when I'll be able to get back out to the veggie garden to finish turning it over and planting it, but I don't really care right now! It'll get done---whenever! The peas and lettuce and spinach--still very small--are looking quite happy! Sorry you got left out of this one, Billie! I checked radar a couple times, and it was showing rain right in COS, down in Pueblo, and along I70 all the way out to Limon---and you got missed! Bummer! Sounds like the Precipitationless Zone Monster got you this time instead of me! Hopefully you'll get in on the "next one!" (Wanna drive up and pick up a couple of my buckets full of rainwater? ;-) ) Dan, wanna come present your paper at the swap?!! WE'LL take you! ;-) If it was your wishin' that caused this rain---thank you! Skybird

I'm out of town for work, (sad to miss it) but DH says we're at 4.5" and still coming down. Most important thing, we finally seem to be getting a lot of run off so maybe the lakes will come up some. Up till now, all the rain we got soaked right in and didn't benefit that lakes at all.