Ruth,
It IS raining! 1/2 inch thus far...none of the heavy rain they forecast but I'm praying for at least an inch before it stops...we are so dry I can not get a shovel in my soil.

It is COLD, too! Had my hubby cover the two new Blueberry bushes. I'm hoping all the tomatoes in the cold frame will be ok!

Peggy

Ah, rain, when you need it! I wish you would take my rain for the next 2 weeks so I could plant a thing or two!

Four inches so far here in the Hill Country with more on the way over the next couple days! Hydroponic gardening anyone?

medcave,
Four inches....WOW! 2007 we had 7" in one week and Elm Creek and the Colorado River were on a rise. My garden was so soggy that Spring then it stopped raining suddenly and we have not had much rain since then.

This morning our rain gauge has 3/4" in it. Has been just very light rain. Hope we get more.

wayne_5,
Send that rain down here...we can use every drop!! Be glad to trade our WIND for your rain...is it a deal!

Peggy

I live in Kerrville and I haven't a clue how many inches we have had but it rained off and on all day yesterday and it is in the forcast for today too. It's a bit windy out this morning...no rain yet but very overcast...My rain tank holds 1700 gallons and it's full...but it wasn't empty to begin with.

Ruth,
We have 2 1550 gallon tanks we bought last year with the W. Stimulus check, only to find the dimensions were a bit wider than our space. Have settled on a new location but it will take some work. In fact hubby began putting together some 2x6's Tuesday evening to build a frame for a bed of sand to set one in place...it is going by our future greenhouse. Was wishing this morning we had them up to catch this lil bit of rain! Oh well! Instead we are putting up sheetrock and building a closet...trying to remodel this old house!

Peggy

Looks like I got 3 inches from looking in the buckets out back. It's pretty soggy out there but I'm not complaining. The tomatoes in the WOWs look fine. I'm going over to the community garden to see how things are over there. I want to see if the tomato silos protected them from the cold spell.

Freezing rain here in middle TN. I'm just glad I don't have much outdoors yet. Only have my garlic chives (in their second year) which are just now starting to re-sprout through the soil, so a little rain/freezing rain shouldn't harm them.

My stock tank in the pasture is FULL!!!! *jumping for joy!* Now, if we get warm temps, my pasture grasses will start growing and I won't have to buy hay for a while.

The last two days I've been out in it at work at the nursery, unloading trucks. I was so glad when our manager sent someone out to buy us rain slickers and hot chocolate. I was soaked from the waist down Tuesday, before we got the slickers ~ my thighs, butt and hands were numb. But I didn't cuss the rain! The cold, yes ~ I was cussing a blue streak about that. But not the rain.

NOAA says we have 100% chance of rain today...WOW, can not remember the last time it said that! LOL

When I got out of bed this morning, we had finally reached the 1" mark on the rain gauge and have a chance of rain through out the day and evening. Hubby is working OT tonight in Colorado City; they have a chance of rain/snow mix. My son in Lubbock had fog this morning but said no rain this spell.

If it were not so cold, I'd do the Nekked Turtle Dance! Amazing what a lil rain can do to a gardener!

Peggy

Our rain started late evening yesterday. Not hard rain but kind of misty and the weather is cooler. It should continue for the next few days and we need it. February was dry and it is usually one of our wettest months..

The rain is clearing out today. With the good soaking, I proclaim the garden, "Alive and ready"! I direct seeded some chives and thyme before the rain in hopes the seeds with sprout this sunny week.

Pete

Cold and wet here in Corpus for 3 days now but only 1/4 inch of rain! We really could use some more and hopefully that will happen tonight and tomorrow. My plants sure do seem to be enjoying what little they are getting

You guys south of here must have sent it on to us! We've had rain, about 2 inches, and chilly weather all day, low 40s. But no doubt my newly-planted onions love it. Supposed to rain tomorrow and Monday, too, and then warm up.