rain

RAIN

the last time we had significant rain here at the

country n was last may when we got close to 4 inches

we had drizzles off and on since of 1/4 inch-1/2 inch

you know the type that comes through in the hot summer

wets things down

and just makes it miserably humid with all the hot temperatures

we have in the summer

i was excited earlier in the week when we got some rain

it again was slightly over 1/4 inch

everything was wet so i went out and removed the wet dirt

which was about 1/4 inch thick

and below that it was dry 

like dust you could just blow away

this week here at the country n we got 4 inches of rain on 

thursday and friday

i was excited hoping it would drench everything well

heck when i ran my meals on wheel route on friday 

i got drenched myself 

it seemed just as i got ready to leave my car to deliver the meal

here a downpour would come

if i was a garden bed i would have be soaked good to the

bottom of the bed

so on saturday i went out to this keyhole garden i made from 

an old water trough and where i plan to plant my fall garden

this week i even watered it well with my dripper system knowing

it was going to rain

the soil in it is 3 feet deep and has a lot of organic material all the 

way to the bottom of the bed

i took the material from my large chicken runs and my large

compost bed where the chickens have been scartching around and 

pooping on everything and shredding all those oak leaves and 

just generally stirring it all up

and put it deep into this soil 

so on friday after the first 2 inches of rain i did the finger test

you take the index finger stick it all the way into the soil to check 

the moisture level

it was 1st knuckle positive after 2 inches of rain

last week it was 1 finger nail thickness positive after that smiggen rain

now after a total of 4 inches in two days its is 2nd knuckle positive

but

ive still got 2 ft 9 inches more of moisture that needs to go into that bed

thats how dry its been around here

the moisture just seemed to be sucked up everywhere and seemed

to just disappear

i was able to refill all my irrigation tanks this time that i use for my

garden and landscape

total 6000 gallons 

now for my home water system we are almost full

we need about 3000 gallons to be completely full

when that happens its sad

to see those tanks just run over and theres nothing to do to 

but just let it all run onto the ground

i guess thats a good position to be in 

hopefully also it will add more water to the lakes

the main lake with the sometimes island increased 1 foot in 1 day

now we need 40 more feet to be full

thats been awhile 

thats when that lady got sucked over the dam with her wooden boat 

and showed up downstream all beat up and naked and all scratched 

up

wonder how shes doing

that wont ever probably happen again the way the droughts going

i guess thats a good thing

FOOTBALL

good job cowboys horns aggies

and for awhile the hogs

the organicgreen doctor