Lucky! We were supposed to get rain yesterday (so I didn't water the garden in the morning) and...nothing!!!

Lisa B

Ha - Now those 10 rain barrels will be activated. I hope I can convince the wife to change the hose so the water goes to different barrels.
Hey some of the lights got knocked off on 441 near Belvedere road.
To think I spent all of Sunday watering 400 coconut plants with a hose!!!

Jay - do you own a nursery?

Hoping, hoping, hoping for a little rain in Orlando...

The sky spit on us a little but not enough to even dampen the ground! I was really hoping for at least a little rain.

Been pouring all night and into morning in West Palm doing a happy rain dance hope it keeps up

Katie

I got enough rain to wet the leaves and that is really all.

You guys in S. FLA are lucky to receive what you did! :)

Still nothing in orlando, and its not looking like it until next week. Im renting a house with no gutters, but have a rain barrel setup on the corner of the house, it seems to catch a good bit, but what really fills it up is my hose that never completely shuts off. There is a small drip that slowly over a few days fills up my barrel, I would think most of the chlorine would have evaporated by then. It would be great if we had some gutters, I would have an array of barrels and always have water, but for now, to keep the plants alive its coming mostly from the hose.

I'm with you Ricky, nothing better than rain for your yard! Now the grass will get green and start growing leeps and bounds.Get your lawn mower ready!

It's been raining here in Greenacres area since last evening, hurray! I had the sprinklers set up because this is my water day but don't have to use them. No thunder and lightening is really nice too.

FlowerLady

Ricky it is a sort of nursery. I planted 400 coconut trees to get the agri exemption. Will sell them when they fruit or just sell the fruit. Pretty much I do nothing but maintain the plants - maybe once a month.

And here I sit worrying because I am down to my last half of a rain barrel's worth of water out of 3 barrels. Send some of that PBC rain up here guys!!

N. Fl is praying for rain too. Seems it all goes either north or south of us.
jay-wpb - what is this agri-exemption? Sounds like something I could do.

Is it too early for the whiskey lol
Katie

47 minutes to go, not that I'm counting.

I'm thrilled too, it's been raining all day. Thanks for the lesson Ricky. I always knew the plants responded better to rain water but didn't know why.
Nancy

It rained here yesterday and its been drizzling today...dogs not too happy she cant go out and play but I am thrilled my garden is getting water. I do miss the thunderstorms.

Two and half inches since 7:30 this morning! It's still drizzleing and there are lots of dark clouds working towards us. Feast or famine, that's the way it goes.

"My God, I think I'm getting a chubbie! If it's still raining this afternoon, I'm going to pour a dram of single malt and walk outside to let some rainwater mix with the whisky. "

I am sure your significant other will appreciate that. :) And everyone thought Viagra was the best. Amazing what a little rain will do.

Rain? What is rain??? please share....? I mean...the plants need it........the ***** needs it...... oh my!

corar

My property taxes on 2.5 acres of uncleared land was about $4,500. Since the land is now used only for agricultural purposes, the taxes are significantly less. There is no building on the property - only coconut plants.

Ricky, thanks for the explanation as to why rainwater wakes up the plants. I had noticed the difference between watering and rain, but did not know why it was so!

My lawn went from brown to green in two days, with the mild drizzle we got.

The dormant trees have come alive, and the seed trays of Papayas I planted 3 weeks ago have suddenly decided to grow!

My puppies are very confused-they can't find the really big sprinkler that is watering the property. They have never seen rain before. But, at 5 months old, they sure can dig big holes in the dry ground to make mudpits!

Lisa

We got some rain now for 3 days this week. Not an all day rain but we'll take anything we can get. When does the rainy season officially begin anyway??

Hurricaine season june 1st.

I will tell you one dry he!! hole and that is west of I-75 and south of downtown St. Pete to about central Sarasota County.
I live in southern ST. Pete near the skyway. It has been dry and then drier for years, not just 2008 or 2007 but years.
We can see the storms north towards Gandy in NE ST. Pete in the summer but they don't hit the southeastern pinellas point area. You can see the storms before they hit the bay over in Ruskin and Parrish but they fade before they cross the Tampa Bay.
This drought is nothing new but is getting worse. Year after year the central gulf coast proper is drying up.
Last year, the east coast which always gets more rainy anyway was flooded out by tropical storm Faye, in fact I think almost all of the state got rain from this soggy storm.
Not southern Pinellas or western Manatee, not a drop.
Friend and family would say we see all the flooding going on from Faye in Florida.
In August Tampa can get 2" of storm rains a few times a week and if my rain guage is lucky maybe a quarter inch for the entire week......
Not here not a drop.
It rains in south Florida, east Florida and north towards Pasco and inland.
All of the state is in a drought but I can tell you that all are far more wet then southern Pinellas and western Manatee have been any year.
If a big cold front with a squall is moving towards the coast from the Gulf you can watch the radar as the echo's all dry up before southern Pinellas gets anything. Just a drizzle or clouds.
My rain guage hasn't registered 1" of rain so far for all of 2009, and I have a couple set up in case one malfunctions.
This is a desert however many succulents can't tolerate the high humidity or we would but Phoenix to shame.