Don't look!!! Stay inside and post on Garden Web until its over.

French drain if you don't have one! PJ

I planted a new PeeWee hydrangea about 6 weeks ago. It was leafing out so nice, and I had 2 bloom stalks starting. It has croaked. It was standing in water where I've never had standing water before. I'm tired of squishing through the yard - in some places is sucking the shoes right off my feet! Want to see more sun too!

I know how ya' feel! My drought resistant plants are doing poorly, and I lost my Oakleaf hydrangea. She was beautiful . . .

Barb, I feel for you I lost several drought tolerant things. We are not having rain now but I agree with Melvalena, don't look and stay inside, lol
Soon we will begging for rain
jolana

I am drowning also. I just planted 4 bare root subzero roses, 1 standard rose tree in containers on my patio about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I live on the 3rd floor. I am noticing black spots (fungus) on the new folliage. I took the folliage off. Do you think that when this hot summer comes the fugus will die? Did I kill my new roses by taking the folliage off? Please help. Thanks in advance.

Barb, give your plants tiny scuba gear. lol

I do feel sorry for you Barb. Cheer up because it won't be here for long.

My area has sandy loam so as wet as it's been it's already dry again here.

I feel your pain too Barb. But reading this skeers me a bit..my little honey oak leaf hydrangea is doing so beautiful this year, and has its first bloom ever...I'm keeping my fingers crossed it won't drown.
I will say we haven't had much rain in the past 3 days either, yet the weather is still cloudy and dreary most of the time.
I think I'm gonna go home tonite and spray fertilize my plants. I was looking at my pots last night and my poor peach tree was drooping..so I had to water all my pot plants yesterday because they had already dried out.
Keep dry Barb.
Tony

At least you are getting rain. My area recieved the least amount of rainfall in Dallas-FT Worth metroplex past 180 days... The storms keep going around my house. Grr...

It looks as if we are in for more of the same tonight, Barb. Melvalena has the right idea - don't sweat things that are out of your control. I have areas standing in water now - don't know what they will look like after tonight's rains, but it certainly has made it easier not to have to water so much. I really can't complain.

Melva, I just love your peas in a pod LOL

debndal and runjbells, I'm sorry you lost your oakleaf hydrangea's. I love that plant but have not gotten one and maybe glad I haven't cause I don't have a good spot for it when we have this much rain unless I put it up next to the house.

Carolann, LOL If I get to come to the fall swap I want some of your soil :)

Lou, I'm sorry about your lack of rain, we went through that for two years and know how it feels. I'd gladly send the rain your way if it was up to me. We could use a break for a couple of weeks.

Carrie, I hear ya, it is great not to have to water saving time and money :)

Anyone who wants my share of the rain may come collect it at their convenience. My lil bitty snapdragons are sad, piles of brown YUCK.

And now it's raining AGAIN. Hard downpour with some little hail in it. All those drought tolerant plants we planted for this year!!! Ya gotta laugh.

Sorry to hear you all are under water plant wise; I was just thanking the rain gods, cause I just added new raised beds 5 foot deep the length of my fence (14x22), and planted new shrubs. roses, daylilies, etc. I haven't had to worry about those new roots getting established, or increase my water bill, they are happy little greeners. On the other hand, looking out at the small pond (unplanned) at the front of these beds after the last couple of rains, I did make an appt with the contractor to come back and raise up the grass in front of the beds as well.....so I won't get off cheap - and I have a nut grass invasion like you wouldn't believe - Saturday will be spent pulling all those little shoots out while the ground is wet enough to remove them easily...

terry

I haven't had any flooding problems here and am glad we're getting the extra rain. Lake Lavon is within 2 feet of being at a normal level - WOO-HOO! But, that doesn't mean they're lifting watering restrictions. We're still going to be in stage 3 until the water line from Cooper Lake is connected to Lake Lavon. That is scheduled to be complete in 2008. I sure wish they would hurry it up!

Deb, I'm with ya as far as planting all those heat/drought tolerant plants ... only to have a very temperate spring and so much rain!! But, look at it this way, those plants will be very firmly established when the heat/drought *does* arrive. And we know it will, don't we? :-)

Rowlett hasn't gotten any of the rain that came into the metroplex area the past 2 evenings. But I will continue to keep my fingers crossed.

Carla in Rowlett

Midlothian got nothing. Nada. Zip. I'm forced to water trees today after missing out rain past few days because it has been months since we've had significant amount of rainfall that really soaks ground that would benefit trees. Summer is almost here...

I'm sorely disappointed... I looked up on the amount of rainfall for Dallas-FtWorth area and my area apparently recieved the least amount of rainfall past 180 days! I'm so mad that the storms keep avoiding me while rest get a boatload of rainfall! >:(

My rain gripe...mosquitooooooooooooes. Enough said.

Mosquitos aren't that bad up here compared to Houston where I was born and raised. It can get really horrible during the summers when it rains enough at my mom's house. I hated it...

We have not gotten ANY rain. We are not expecting ANY rain. I am watering my poor plants with this horrible 'city' water, with a ph so high it prolly doesn't register.

This after our nice wet spring.

Don't sweat the small stuff. Pull out the rain barrels, and collect that stuff! It is worth it's weight!

I do still have rain water in the collection system, but I am using it sparingly. First, in the vegetable garden, then the fruit/citrus trees in pots. Then MOST PRECIOUS FLOWERS, regular flowers, then drought resistant things. In between, I have to use the garden hoses.

WE WANT RAIN! WE WANT RAIN!

Janie

I heard some mosquitos talking last night. They were discussing whether to eat me here or take me home. They finally decided that if they took me home the BIG ones at home would take me away from them.

Don't look now but here it comes again. I hear thunder and I see dark clouds. Third storm in three days.

For those that have not had rain in a long time I feel for you all, we were that way last year and the year before.
I remember last year Houston getting a lot of rain and having a lot of flooding and wish there way some way to bring that rain water up to my place.
Believe me if there was a way I would send some of this rain to y'all.

I got rain just as I was going to acknowledge that I had grass. Grass that requires cutting. I wish I could ignore the grass and concentrate on flowers but my beds aren't big enough to take up the entire yard yet. I digress,it started raining and I couldn't mow! HA!LOL!PJ

"Those" in charge of bringing rain must have heard my rant. It is raining!

It is amazing the difference a little rain can make.My plants are singing.

I hope it lets y'all dry out a little. Not all the way, just some.

Janie

Good news Janie, glad you got some rain

We just had another wave of rain come through second one for today. I have never seen it rain like this, start stop start stop LOL.
I do recall it raining for weeks on end and seeing water all the way to the top of Jacksboro hwy, leaving the golf course under water. The trees and grass didn't seem to be affected by all the water if I remember right.
I feel like singing the song, it came upon me wave on wave LOL.

ME TOO! I just moved to Arlington from Waco. I potted up my plants about 2 weeks before the move because I knew I would not be able to get them back in the ground fast enough but it rained and rained and rained. We unloaded our truck in the rain and I could smell the soil on my grapes rotting (My fault for using very cheap/moist potting mix on that plant). I also had about 300 bulbs and seedlings in trays that had been doing wonderfully. When I moved here, everything started to drown and die. Lets pray for the rain to find places that need it.

Two days without rain, hoping my yard will dry out enough to mow LOL.