Rain!!

We actually got rain over the weekend--3/4" Friday and 1/4" Saturday! (That's at least double what we've gotten in maybe ten weeks--total!) The Friday rain was not as slow as we'd have liked, but at least it was something, and, as Keith said, it prepared the ground so that Saturday's 1/4" didn't simply run off. It's not much--not as much as we need--but it sure felt good!

Corn fields around here are showing terrible stress. Other crops, too, but the corn is very obvious. One field is totally void of green now, and others are not far behind.

As I walk through the backyard to the clothesline, the grass crunches underfoot as the brown blades break.

In the landscaping, we've lost a holly tree, it looks like, as well as a Bradford pear, and most likely some other trees--young maples, tulip poplars, dogwoods, etc.

But thanks to well water, we're still busy canning, freezing, and enjoying fresh vegetables.

Mary Susan