I bet everything's lush and green there though.

Bonnie

The calendar says June, but my garden thinks it is May!

Becky

Alberta

DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1125 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXPAND SLIGHTLY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
WHILE SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS INCREASE AGAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...

Why can't we send some of our down pour to the West?
In Colorado, Washington and Utah, it's illegal to even collect water that falls on your roof, rain or snow! Water rights is a big issue over there. :-(

This week
Tues 0.1"
Wed 1.31"
Thurs 1.12"
Fri. (today) it's now raining, dark, cloudy, and foggy. It looks like 9p.m. out there.

My plants need sun and so do I. Plants are falling over, Yvonne's salvia flowers are knocked off, and some, like nasturtium, are getting yellow leaves. They never get enough sun and little time to dry between rains. The zinnias will never bloom if this keeps up.

Karen

Chicago: (from the National Weather Bureau reports)
March: average = 2.65" this year = 5.20"
April: average = 3.68" this year = 5.19"
May: average = 3.38" this year = 3.63" (wondering now if I misread it somehow)
June: average = 1.8 this year = 2.62" already not including today.

I was drenched walking home from the train station! Even the umbrella was leaking! And it has been pouring all evening. It has to be more than an inch today alone.

We are drowning here.

Alberta

Better than hail, though. My garden would not have been the same after a hail storm like that....

On the upside we have only run the AC for two hours.

Sigh.

I'm supposed to go to an outdoor wedding on Sunday, oh this ought to be fun, NOT.

Alberta

Checked weather first thing this AM since it's pouring again. Next 3 days...another 3+ inches of rain.

Established plants are splayed something awful. Campanula, Penstemon, Nepeta & some Salvia all have blooms lying on the ground where deer haven't eaten them. Swallowtail butterflies will never find Bronze Fennel if it's all laying on the ground.

At least I don't have to earn a living from growing food. Guess it'll be another year of horrible tomatoes from farm stands. My Toms and Peppers aren't going to be great shakes particularly since it's my first try and have no idea what I'm doing.

"Sigh" is right.

Sigh.

Just looked at the forecast for next week. Sunny and high's in the mid to upper 80's! Looks like I missed the boat on this one. Literally and the pun was intended.

Funny thing is, my phone rang this morning. It was Seattle. They want their weather back. I said come and get it! And keep it on a leash next time! (cymbal crash)

ENOUGH!

Everytime it rains like this I think about "floodthelast" and wonder if her backyard is under water. Hopefully that only happens when waterways flood in really, really bad spells.

I went out twice in the rain with plastic spoon in one hand and salt canister in the other on slug hunt.

My least favorite plant to pick them off is Lychnis Coronaria not because of poor plant but because the foliage around base is already slimy with all this rain to start with.

Killing them with salt is just nasty...can't leave the pile of goo in middle of walk or driveway so have to pick it up with plastic bag.

40 pounds of DE and they're still coming. Three more 40 pound bags at the ready...LOL.

I'll remember this when I'm swearing under my breath in August while lugging watering cans to beds and containers where hoses don't reach.

How about starting a thread on sunshine days then Truid can take off her sweat shirt.

Noah, call on Line 1.

Yesterday we hit 90 degrees for the first time this year, and with the high humidity, the heat index when I got home from work was 99 degrees. The 10 day forecast shows less rain and more heat than we have had thus far.

Karen

Alberta

Had my plant sale today and was glad the rain didn't come, but you can send it now. We haven't had any rain in a couple of weeks and the ground is way too dry for this time of year. I'll probably curse myself by writing this, but we could use a few days' worth.

Today is really humid and you can feel the weight of the atmospheric pressure. Bring it on I say!!

It's so hot and humid today I have been hiding inside the house.
tiff, I am looking forward to a dryer weather on our trip.

PV,
That weather incident in NJ is frightening! Sounds like something that would happen here (but I'm really glad it didn't!)

Linda

October averages 3.22" of rain here, and this year we got 5.40". I've got the most incredible crop of mushrooms, a few different kinds, in my lawn and garden.

But it is sunny right now. I am going to go out and rake leaves and shred them for mulch. Last year I didn't have enough.
This year I am neck deep in leaves because my neighbor brought me 20 bags of wet leaves a few days ago.
It will be a pain to shred them. :-P

I've got lots of mushrooms too - and that darn stinkhorn fungus. Yuck. Very aptly named. Stinks to high heaven, and with all those nasty bugs swarming all over it, it's doubly disgusting.

I'm really bummed because this was my weekend off and the forecast initially called for nice weather. Had big garden plans. Sigh. I'm sure the sun will be shining brightly tomorrow when I go to work...

:)
Dee