Yes, it's nuts. But that's the trend lately. Torrential rains in spring and fall, very little rain in summer.

More rain due for 4 days starting Monday.

Same here with the rain in Virginia. Hurricane season doesn't start until June 1st but this week we had three and a half days of rain from a tropical storm coming up the coast. We got four and a quarter inch of rain. Having to take detours to work through the country because the river flooded part of the highway. I was holding my breath too on some plant damage but everything seems okay. We have had two days of sunny hot weather and now it is thundering this very moment as another storm coming in from the West is supposed to rain all night.

Hi Neighbor! (Des Moines, here.) I feel your pain with the rain. I was able to get my tomatoes planted finally when we had a 1 day break in the rain. I have raised beds and they dried out enough to plant. I planted and split some hostas under a big tree as well and the dirt sticking to my spade was a pain. I have some transplanting to do, but I’m waiting till it’s less muddy out. My “to plant” flowers are sitting on the porch. They were looking pretty mad about being soaked over and over in their tiny pots.

I finally was able to work the small seed bed behind my mailbox this morning and sow some Bachelor Buttons.

ETA: oops, BBs are annuals. sorry. : )

We also had lots of rain about 5 inches and will get more this week. The extreme heat mid 80’s and humid today is drying out everything in pots. We also had a very dry hot summer last year which meant watering the pots every day and the beds twice a week. Linnea56 where do you in Chicago, my daughter has a condo in the West Loop.

I had issues with some Hosta I tried to plant in the rain. Better off potting them and waiting for drier weather. Absolutely crazy weather this year - Freeze followed by flood followed by fire - upper 80s here the past weekend and today. Not great weather to be waiting for Hosta deliveries (or planting). Luckily two shipments made it on Friday/Saturday, but one still in transit after being mailed last Monday. Fingers crossed. I have been using the frost blanket squares I cut to protect from direct sun on my new plantings. Just some plant stakes and clothes pins and viola.

It has rained a lot in BC Canada this season and much cooler then usual but it is suppose to be hot for next 3 days so weeds should pop up everywhere and the lawn will grow another 3 inches too.. then back to the rains again. Positive is no forest fires

I'm in St. Louis, MO and in the same predicament as you! Please heed gardengal48's advice about ruining the soil structure! Been there, done that! I've potted mine up and keep under eave when it rains. I went a little crazy shopping plants online and sowing my own seed. I had to go out and buy a bunch of long planters as temporary holding for my plants. Easier to move those than individual containers.