Saturday, November 7, 2009

Such a Lot of Rain in October!

On October 28, we received a lot of rain!

(Yes... I'm taking the photo through the closed window... tooo much rain!)

Because I'd not emptied our rain gauge, I thought we'd received 5" over the day...
however, I was wrong.

But - I wonder if we didn't receive about 3" that morning.


Prior to this, while I was visiting my parents, Mr. Shady and our wonderful neighbors
removed a chain link fence and dug a ditch to facilitate the drainage of the abundant rainfall we've received during these past two years.

Perhaps you can see that it's working!!! Yea!

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8 comments:

  1. GailNovember 7, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    Yeah! That was very nice of Mr Shady and neighbor! gail

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  2. RosemaryNovember 8, 2009 at 5:54 AM

    Shady, this area has also recieved lots of rain in October . The newly planted trees are quite happy ..

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  3. Monica the Garden FaerieNovember 8, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    Since I plant so much in fall, I'd love it if it had been as rainy here! :)

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  4. troutbirderNovember 8, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    Yup the whole month of Oct here was ugly as well. And with all the rain the farmers with beans were going nuts.
    btw the photo with the deer in the headlights was googled up with the search images option. When desperate for a picture that goes with the story I use that option. And yes as a teacher I know all about copywrites. :)

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  5. Catherine@AGardenerinProgressNovember 8, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    That is a lot of rain, we've been having a lot here too. Glad the drain is working!

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  6. Shady GardenerNovember 8, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    Thank you for your comments. In general, I just want to say that our neighbor/friends had experienced some basement woes due to the couple of rainfalls that exceeded our normal expectations... so they are happy (as are we) that this ravine seems to be working out! :-)

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  7. KathleenNovember 9, 2009 at 12:33 AM

    I need one of those ditches between my house and the neighbors! What a great project. At least it's rain and not snow ~ that's what I say!

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  8. Shady GardenerNovember 9, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    Kathleen! It really is a lot of work... and the work isn't really quite finished, yet. But it's a great solution to a problem. And what you say is right! :-)

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