Big Bend post postponed

I swear, I'll get to it, but I currently have a sick cat who is having to be transported between the normal vet and emergency vet every morning and evening. needless to say I'm not of a mind to really blog about gardening or big bend. besides, I still need to actually put in the garden. Though I did get a bunch of flower plants (from Bob) planted on Saturday...of which I need to get pictures. But as I said...later, when the cat issue is figured out.

Big Bend

Just got back from Big Bend National Park. A blog post to follow for the National Park think that Pam/Digging is collecting.

El Nino

I believe that El Nino has finally reached Austin and it is bringing all the rain. we had 1.25" last night and then probably about another 3" today. I have to use my highly non-scientific method of measuring the depth of water in one of the buckets outside and then subtracting the amount of rain that was in it before it started raining...or rather how much water I thought there was before the storm this afternoon.

One thing is for sure, certain areas of the yard become ponds and rivers during downpours. One area is the "lower garden"--This area currently has rain lilies, a turk's cap, horse herb that I never planted, and one little Esperanza plant I got from Bob at Draco Gardens last weekend. The whole area along the line between our property and the neighbors to the south becomes a river. Since this area is close to the house, I would much prefer to turn it into a rain garden with some sort of French Drain system--especially since it was probably 2" deep against the foundation of the house and 3" of rain isn't a 100-year storm (10" is though). The other area that ponds is just below the dry pond area, which we can always just expand a little.

So much work...sigh...eventually we'll get it done.

More Rain! AGAIN!

had a nice rain storm that dropped 1.25" here last night.

NWS is predicting a bunch more where that came from for the weekend.

Rain

Monday Sept 21: 1.25"
Tuesday Sept 22: .25"
Wednesday Sept 23: .25"

This evening, it was below 60 degrees.

And it snowed in Denver on the 21st...the official last day of summer.

Even More Rain!!!

So...it's been raining off and on since my friend Matt flew in. It rained on Thursday...and apparently it rained through the night (according to one of my coworkers who lives close by), and then it rained some more at the house on Friday (according to Matt who was here). It rained all night (sprinkles mostly). This morning I got up and went out to check the rain gauge. It was at 2.25" or so. I didn't empty it because I was under the misguided impression that it wasn't supposed to rain as much today, so I didn't dump it out. Now it's pouring. Yeah, I'm sure the little rain gauge has been overtopped. I only figure this based on the fact that I have a bucket sitting outside and it is about 2/3 full. It was only maybe 1/6 full this morning when I checked the gauge.

It does make me think though that we ought to put in a rain garden in the area on the south side of our house since the rain has formed a nice point of ponding.

More Rain!

And more forecast for the weekend.

that is all.