Rain Again

[rusty6]

Looks like I get to test out that new rain gauge tomorrow morning. Its pouring here tonight. Radar has been showing a narrow band of heavy rain moving from South to north. On the map it almost looks like a river. We were ready for some rain but not a downpour. Good thing I hilled those potatoes this morning and got the new rain gauge set up yesterday.
New gauge and the garden

 

[Russ from MN]

We sure could use some of that rain here in N MN! Where are you located, I don't see you on the members map?

 

[KL in Wi]

We were getting to the point where the crops were starting to suffer but, we did get a nice slow rain Saturday and then again starting Monday and through Tuesday. The crops perked up and my brown lawn turned green again. I'm 15 miles West of Appleton Wi.

 

[Mrfred54]

Send the rain this way, mid Michigan, no substantial rain in over a month. Crops not very pretty

 

[J Hamilton]

We need rain bad in Southern Illinois

 

[casecollectorsc]

Also need rain in E SD. Have had a little over a half inch since the middle of April. All crops stressed and short hay crop. Baled 3/4 mile of road ditch and got 1 1/4 bales of hay.

 

[RJKeith]

My tomatos are looking good Casecollector, but only because I put down weed mulch fabric and a soaker hose. Anything at my place that isn't irrigated looks bad. Rain to the north, south, east, and west, but no rain for me

 

[rusty6]

There are some parts of Sask. that are short of rain too but here in East central we have been getting timely showers along with that 6.5 downpour. Southeast corner might have a little more than they need. Looks like just over half an inch here last night.

 

[rrlund]

We just got a quick shower. Didn't amount to anything, but it wetted down the last 45 acres of hay on the ground so I can't go out and rake.

I guess I shouldn't complain, I didn't think that quarter inch that we got Sunday did any good either, but it looks like it did more than I thought. I planted corn around May 10 through 15. We hadn't had rain in two weeks before that and nothing since. I had plowed everything and pulled up a lot of red clay. All of those clay spots are as bald as the end of my thumb.

I started thinking yesterday that maybe I should replant them so I felt like I was at least doing something. I went out and started digging around, and every seed that I dug up was clean and hard, and had a new little live sprout on it. Maybe this little hay stopping shower this morning will get down far enough to get it out of the ground. It would sure be nice, because some of those fields look like an awful mess.

 

[rustred]

finally got some rain here also, got 1 1/4 inch . till this we only had less than 1/2 inch since the snow melted and crops were suffering badly and drying up. it was just a slow rain which was good.

 

[Masseyharrisnut]

Hi rusty6. We received a much needed 7/10 of an inch of rain yesterday. Crops are already looking better. Our yields will already be affected by the drought we where in no matter how much rain we get. More rain is needed in southern Alberta. And in northern Alberta where the fires are still burning. Stay safe.

 

[rusty6]

(quoted from post at 09:12:03 06/15/23) Hi rusty6. We received a much needed 7/10 of an inch of rain yesterday. Crops are already looking better. Our yields will already be affected by the drought we where in no matter how much rain we get. More rain is needed in southern Alberta. And in northern Alberta where the fires are still burning. Stay safe.

Glad you finally got a little rain. Hope it puts some of the fires out. We had smoke pretty thick here the past couple of days but its cleared up since last night's rain.

 

[Fred Werring]

I wish.

Seems like most of southern Ohio is celebrating getting some rain.
But here I've watched rain pass by on all sides of me.

Now the rain that was called for late Sunday through Monday is gone, next chance is in a week.