@Kabby,
We thankfully got no rain this afternoon, just a few sprinkles this morning. Water is still standing in my bog, I have put boards down just to keep from sinking down over my ankles. I hauled in a load of woodchips from the crew cleaning up the utility lines, and a few loads of leaves just trying to get the bog where I can walk on the main paths. We sure did not need any more rain. This is what the bed looked like the other day, and it has been like this for months, it is actually quite a bit dryer that it has been. So I certainly don't want any more rain for awhile. That said the upper side of my yard where the roses are is actually getting pretty dry.