If you live in the Midwest, you know that we’ve had storm after storm in the past few weeks. When it’s not raining, it’s hot and muggy.

I’ve emptied one to four inches of water from my rain gauge every day or two. The rain is not falling slowly over time, so that it can soak into the ground; it is falling fast and furious. See some pictures below of my yard after one of these gully-washers!

The fast-flowing water keeps re-arranging my carefully-laid much. Slugs love moist soil, and I’ve seen a lot of slug damage. I’m on the lookout for plant diseases that are worse when the weather is wet.

The good news is that I haven’t had to worry about watering my container plants or my newly planted annuals and other treasures. I’ve managed to get in a few hours of gardening here and there between showers. It’s easy to weed and edge the garden when the soil is moist, so I’ve been doing a bit of that each day.

I’ve also been picking – strawberries, peas and lettuce, radishes, spinach, chard, kale and broccoli. I’m ready to pull out the pea plants and re-plant that area with pole beans.

Uh-oh, the herb garden is under water!

The view from my den window shows a pond where there used to be garden . . .

Happy Gardening, and hoping for some drier weather – but not too dry . . .

Sue