Rain! Glorious Rain!

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

Looks like we'll be getting a lot of rain this week. I'm sure this will get things growing. Right now, I'm sitting with the LR window open getting some of that fresh, rainy air in . I do love the smell of a rainstorm.

North FL is so different from SW FL. We were lucky to get rain by June down south. It's rained several times up here in the last couple of months.

I hope this fills up the duck pond! They've been looking pretty sad lately. Finally, the family that hangs out here went over to the apartment complex next door that has a year-around pond. At least they aren't roosting on my roof anymore! Geez!

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10 years ago

My water bill was outrageous last month too, but that's because I forgot to turn the water off from the faucet a couple of times and let it run all night. Won't do that again.

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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
10 years ago
I'm in the Jax area and it has rained most days every summer the last few years here. Really muggy summers lol. I think we def get more summer rain than S. FL. It rained and thundered a lot this afternoon. At least its not too hot out today though.
gnappi
10 years ago
Thankfully Southeast Fla. is getting drenched yesterday and today
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10 years ago
gnappi, I know y'all have had a semi-drought, but that's typical for S. FL in the winter. All my plants look so happy this morning! I'm sure they will start growing like mad now.
puglvr1
10 years ago
Over 7" of rain here in 6 hours last night...unreal!!!!
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10 years ago
I read about Vero Beach being flooded.
SweetMonkeyCheese Z9 Tampa
10 years ago
I was on vaca all week in Jupiter, it rained each day (thankfully not all day, normal Florida summer showers in the late afternoon) apparently it rained a bunch in Tampa too, came come to major growth in the garden!!!
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10 years ago
Yes, my garden is going crazy now! Things are leaping and blooming and just look so happy. Unfortunately, pests are doing the same.
jofus, ( Englewood, Fl zone 10a )
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Here in Southwest Florida it's been like living in the Rub-Al-Kali desert in SE Saudi Arabia lately, - I know, spent 13 yrs there. My water bill for May just came in, the bar chart for each months use has always been fairly stable, slight ups and downs,..that is, except for this last month of May 2016. That bar shot up double the height of any previous month in the last year !! That's what I get for planting 5 mango trees, a dozen banana plants, two butterfly gardens and the most thirsty critters of all,...my two 20 ft tall Southern Magnolia trees on the front lawn ( full of huge white blossoms now ) !

All's well as of yesterday however, - the heavens only opened early in the afternoon and dumped a deluge of hard rain on us all hereabouts for about an hour. We're expecting the same today. Can't wait to see next month's water bill with the bar chart back to normal ! ( smile )
puglvr1
10 years ago
2 inches last night...I'm always thankful to get it this time of year, hot and dry normally. Especially when our official rainy season doesn't start for another 3 weeks...
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10 years ago
We got some light rain yesterday, but I still had to water this morning. I'm ready for a nice, gentle, day-long rainstorm.