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May was a very rainy month in our area. I was hoping June would have more sun, but here we are June 1 and it is pouring again. I guess I should be happy that my plants seem healthy, but I never get to go out and enjoy them. The link below shows our weather for the month of May. Scroll down to the calendar view and you can see just how dreary it was.

Wait, can't get the link button to work. Oh well, here is the web address.

http://www.wunderground.com/hi.../MonthlyHistory.html

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We also had a much rainier May than the traditional April showers. April was very dry.

I guess there is no more "traditional" weather.

We never know what to expect. Last summer we had August temps in July and Sept temps in August....and SNOW in October!

June's just started so let's be patient, and as you said, at least the plants are healthy except for the slugs...in our area anyway. Lots of other areas are still water-starved.

I'm hoping it clears up enough this weekend since DH finally said he wants to cut off the dead branches but hopefully not the whole dogwood that was trashed in that heavy Oct snowstorm.

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We must not be too far away, having similar weather. We, too had heavy snow on Halloween. So many of the trees in our area were badly damaged. At least the farmers must be happy!

Shook, if you have had too much rain the farmers won't be able to get into their fields or they may have drowned out spots in the fields.

But ya'al can send it on down! We have had more rain this past May than we have in May for several years...but we need it! We are still in exceptional drought conditions in my area...just one pocket this bad in this area & we are in it!

Yes, please send the excess down this direction. We're not quite as bad as OKaren, but we need rain too.

This spring has been strange. Every day I had off was either too cold and windy or raining. When I had to work the sun would shine. I am having a hard time getting things planted. Just planted my peppers and tomatoes. They are usually planted 3-4 weeks before now. I am not complaining because we certainly can use the rain. It is the chilly temps I don't care for. But I am going to be careful for what I wish for because ;ast summer was brutal. Those 100 degree days with high humidity will kill you. I could hardly stand to walk outside. You just could not get your breath. That's not good.

Good point about the farmers (and the alternative of 100 deg temps). The farmers' crops seem to be flourishing. There's an old saying around here about farmers corn...it should be "knee-high by the fourth of July." It is already there! Though there are some low-lying areas where some of the crops have drowned out.

Shook, having grown up on a farm in central Ill. I well remember the "knee high by the 4th of July"!
We have corn down here that is tasseling and some sweet corn in gardens that they are picking already and the second planting is tasseling. This is early too!

Mind you that I can grow some things all winter...I had one 2' row of carrots that kept us in carrots all winter. I planted more about March, I think, and they are almost getting toooo big. I have more coming on & more coming up. I picked my first bell peppers yesterday, 2 of them!

Sunny & in the 70's here today with lows in 50's & more of the same all week! Come to Ohio :>)

Add me to the weird weather area list. No zinnia sprouts, had to replant squash & cukes, intermittent sprouting on the potato & okra.

While we are not in the exceptional drought status that GaKaren is (this year anyway), it's BTDT. Even now, we could use rain...spotty showers have kept some corn & soybeans looking good, while 2 miles down the road the corn is twisting and turning yellow. First cutting hay was mostly stems because of almost zero rain in March/April. No good overall rain coverage at all. PLUS, the past 2-3 days have been super cool........from 90's for daytime to 64, with nighttime temps as low as 47. What's with that? Today the humidity is coming back and thankfully, it's up to 83 with more spotty showers predicted. I much prefer 83 to 64, esp. in June.


ve

Here is a link to the drought monitor....

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

I forgot to say that if you click on your area that section of the country will come up & you can read the chart on the left better too!

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Thanks Karen.....I see that we are in the moderate drought range. I knew that we weren't as bad as the past few years.


ve

Corn is ready in Georgia? So far I've only had peaches from GA, but some good corn from who knows where. I asked the produce people in 2 stores that I've gotten tasty corn from in May and neither person had any idea.
Can't wait for some Georgia corn...sounds yummy!

We, on the other hand, had too much rain Saturday to work much outside and when we went out on a sunny day today it got dark, very windy and rained only a little, but more predicted for tonight.
DH ran in with the first heavy winds. I stayed outside and tied up some plants wandering too far into the walkways. And cut down some forsythia that grows like weeds!