Monday, September 22, 2008

Rain report from the Aerie

The clouds came back during the night and we did get a few more showers. The total rainfall measured int he rain gauge since yesterday afternoon was 1.63 inches with most of that falling during the T-storms in just over an hour around 5 PM Sunday. No more rain is forecast for the week.

The heavy rain pinpointed a problem with the newest planting bed. It's located at the bottom of a slope and with the downpour we had water accumulated within the bed creating a temporary pool. I'll have to construct a diversion of some kind--either a shallow ditch or a couple of landscape timbers--to shunt that water off to the sides of the bed. If I leave it the way it is I might as well plant water lilies and rice instead of beans and squash.

The cloud cover prevented any real low temperatures overnight. It was just 50 degrees at 7 AM this morning but the forecast is fro clearing skies and a low over night into the upper 30s. Autumn is definitely on its way.

The hillsides are becoming speckled with orange and red colors as tree after tree gets the message of shorter days and longer nights.

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