We didn't get to see the shadow on our solstice stake, this year. In fact, we did not see the sun for four entire days - a rarity in Borrego Springs. It rained from Monday to Thursday...buckets and buckets of rain! According to my neighbor's weather monitor, a total of just under two and one half inches!
The pool overflowed and we opened the front gate to release run-off from inside the garden walls. However, the ground seemed to soak up excess moisture. We thought we would experience heavy run off and some flooding - strangely, we did not! Perhaps the earlier rain this year which resulted in a veil of small green growth over this region served to deter the rapid sheeting of water that we had experienced with the last storm.
We turned all irrigation off the day before the storm. ( We actually believed the TV weatherman!} I'll bet we won't have to turn it on again for several weeks. We will see!
No comments:
Post a Comment