Hopefully we will get that 2=3 inches of rain Tues/Weds. Muddsy, I think my Japanese maples are shedding leaves for want of water ! as they are curling up before dropping.

Sure do need the rain. Leaves I am raking are bone dry, compost is going to be hard to get going. I should have let Mark mow them up.

I see ten more nearly frost free days in my forecast. Yay for my lettuce.

Mariposa, one of my Japanese Maples also has brown, dried-up curled leaves this year. They started doing that months ago, and I was worried that it was diseased, but after googling I decided that the problem was sunburn caused by extreme heat.

Sally, I thought dry, crunchy leaves composted more quickly than wet ones

Checked my Japanese maple, yup, all curled.

Well, Muddy, I feel they need to moisten before they can decay. The sycamore ones sure do crunch when I stomp them, so I hope they're mostly in bits.

Sure hope we get substantial rain later this week. Well-hydrated plants are much less prone to winter kill than those that are desiccated. Its a real drag watering this time of year in the cold and wind.

and did I mention how much

I'm hoping for a real rain too. It's a pain having to shut the water off, then turn it on again, etc.

Mariposa, maybe I haven't looked at the right weather sites, but I don't think my area is expected to get 2-3" of rain. I hope I'm wrong!

I see now rain forecast has dropped down to a little over an inch starting late tonite through Wed.
We are down 2-3 inches for the month and some parts of MD are already in drought.

Maybe Wayne will pre water some areas so at least what we do get will soak in better.
I'm hoping to use the warmer time between rain showers to get some more plants winterized and 100 daffs planted.

I am wearing 5 layers, wool socks and a hat and I am cold! Hope my body thermostat adjusts soon. Just not generating as much body heat as usual. Wonder what I can eat to stoke the fires?

darn the rain (lack), It's hard for me to think of watering when it isn't hot out.
Had another freeze last night.

We got 1.03" yesterday and hopefully another 0.5" will come today. Before yesterday it hadn't rained in 20 days.

lovely warm fog out this morning. wish i could stay home and rake leaves for compost.

I your wet suit?

rain should abate here within the hour and then only chance of thunderstorms late afternoon

We are expecting rain again but we already had enough rain yesterday to get everything squishy soaked. All the trees and shrubs and all still have drops of rain now and are all wet still.

We had a nice steady rainfall this morning. Finally!

We got about .6 inches between yesterday and today. I kinda wish that was a 6.0 though!

Two days and nights of steady rain here. Finally it is sunny today so it should dry out some. Things were a soggy mess.

I love how fresh and clean it feels in the bright sun

another week to stay above freezing, for me, but Friday.. watch out