Hello Neighbor!
You must live nearby, that couldn't be happening anywhere else.
Rb

I talked to Mother Nature just last night (God she's old) and she said it was my own fault for the way things were then she wouldn't expound any further. I tried to get her drunk on wine but that didn't work as I got drunk way before she did. So this morning I am wondering if there is something that can be done on my part to help this situation? I use plenty of mulch and I amend my soil but what I don't do is use those little crystals called water polymers. I think I will get some and soak them in water first till they swell up and then dig them in around my plants. That might be tricky trying to incorporate them in the soil without injuring the plant roots because these roots are providing what little moisture the plants are getting. Maybe I should do the East side of every plant now and a few months from now I could do the West side. Won't Mother Nature be proud of me then? She may even forgive me for trying to feel her up in my drunken stupor.

I have felt this way before (the part about being left out when it is raining everywhere else, not trying to persuade Mother Nature like eddie).

I hope you get some today. Rain, that is.

quirky, where do you live? We have felt the same way, but last night we actually had some rain, about 1/2 inch. It felt great. There are showers in the forecast all this week, but as you know they come and go and seem to die out before they get here (something to do with the plateau of the area.

At least we can still water every other day....

esh darling, you are brilliant. You made me laugh. The internet needs more people like you. When's the last time you visited my website? You might find some new stuff there.

I'm in Booferd as they say. More specifically unincorporated N. Gwinnett near the county line. I admit the rain comes close. But not close enough.
It's funny though I don't see a lot of yellow leaves dropping like the end of last summer. Maybe MN is trying to excercise all these roots and train everything to be drought tolerant.

Eddie, I'm sorry you struck out with MN. Maybe you can try again tonight?lol

The only way to actually guarantee that it will rain at your house is to spend two hours dragging the hose around watering all the while it is thundering and gloomy above.

Here's the way I look at rain:

If I water really well, and then a rain comes along with all that thunder and nitrogen, there's only going to be half an inch on top of what I put down and my plants will be ever so happy. I never anticipate that it MIGHT rain. Once two inches have actually fallen, I stop watering for a while.

Nell

P.S. Disclaimer: I garden in really sandy loam. Gardeners in clay soil might want to think about what makes sense; their mileage may vary.

Quirky, I just KNEW you lived near me when I read your post! I also live in North Gwinnett (near the Hall County line). I don't even get my hopes up anymore when I hear the thunder. My husband and I were heading over to the Mall of Ga. yesterday afternoon and, looking into the distance, I said "Looks like it's raining over near Lawrenceville... how nice for them." So you see, you CAN numb yourself to the pain!
How's this for a fanatic: We are moving to a new house in less than 2 weeks, and here I am, watering the plants that are staying HERE! Just can't stand to see 'em suffer... guess I've been out in the sun too long.

Well, I'm in Lawrenceville, and all we got was a pretty spectacular lightning show, and some serious wind (knocked the mailbox over--ahem, with a little help from me backing into it!) There's hope...my husband's planning on doing some work on the house next week, so we're bound to get some rain then. Mother Nature is tricky like that.
Pam

Hey! I'm in Booferd (hence my name) too. We had rain yesterday evening. I'm off of Shadburn Ferry Rd about 1/2 mile from the boat ramp. We were at MOG this afternoon and there was a brief shower there, but not here.

Ironically, we got home from lunch and I heard water. My front hose reel had separated and was spewing water all over the place....good thing the water police weren't around. Oh, well, that bed is good and soaked!

Vicki.. are you staying in the area or moving somewhere that gets rain? I did similar things when I sold my house. Even after the people signed the contract I was out there mulching and pulling weeds.

It's about 6pm. I guess mothernature read this post. She hasn't teased me today. She didn't give me any rain but she didn't tease me.

Pam3... LOL that was funny about the mailbox.

Buford... That's a ways from here I think. I'm not really sure. I felt a couple of drops yesterday but no rain. I just watched as the drops evaporated on the deck before the next one was felt. That made it especially painful when nothing happened after that.

bumblebeez... I have tried that and still nada.

foxesearth... If it were to pour right now, I believe a good amount of rain will get into the soil. I have been keeping it moist as best I can so the water seeps in and doesn't run off. What you use is a very good strategy though.

Well it's about that time... Time to go water.

We are only moving a couple miles away, still in Buford. It is also the "dust bowl" there... no rain. I keep hoping one of the tropical storms will dump lots of rain on us. Maybe, just maybe...

Hey everybody guess what!!!
It rained!!!
From about 9pm to 1am it was thundering and lighting but no rain. Then it started pouring. I should have known it would happen in the middle of the night.

So yesterday it rains. A downpour for half an hour but then a gentle steady rain off and on all afternoon. I decide to go out to plant a few seedlings. Oh my the rain feels so good. I dig the holes about 4in deep. Shock and disappointment, the soil at 4 inches is dry, not toast but barely damp.

While you are enjoying the rain, please remember our gardening friends over in Dekalb Co. Many of them didn't receive any rainfall and they are still suffering under the heavy hand of an incompetent admin that dictates only a few hours of outdoor watering, twice a week.
Everyone is on the same schedule(no odd or even days), so wish them luck in getting enough water pressure to operate their sprinklers!
Rb

It's not just Buford...I live at Lake oconee and we can watch the rain move in on the radar and as soon as it gets near our water tower - the cloud evaporates! It does rain on the tennis courts - but not on my garden...however, I am lucky we can water from the lake....but I think we are at least 10 degrees hotter than Atlanta.

Dekalb is pretty dry.I help at a community garden and we have lost everything but the tomatoes (glad I mulched) and some flowers. Nothing like getting up before work to go water, luckily our garden is very close to where I work.
Just thought I would add to the complaints.
Eddie, your post made me chuckle.