[Paul R.]

NWS had us forecast for a pretty serious severe weather outbreak yesterday, but, it didn't happen. As they put it, regarding follow-up storms:

but given the way the models have handled this event, confidence is quite low.

And then we DID get storms later: Non severe, but with HEAVY rains. There's a flash flood warning just to my south. 'Tis not quite so bad here, but, about 1/3 of our yard has (shallow) standing water (ie., big puddles) in it. Again. The thunder woke me up - hopefully I'll get sleepy again shortly. ;-)

At least the severe stuff didn't materialize. I'd just removed another sizeable (~ 8" diameter where it broke off) branch from our ditch when we got back from our short camping trip. I cut it into 3 pieces and dragged those out of the ditch / away from the shoulder of the road, into the yard. Tomorrow morning I'll get back out there with the chain saw & try to co-opt daughter-san to pick up "small" pieces. Assuming we don't sink in...

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Paul, every time you post you seem to have problems with rain or waterlogged soil! Sounds like time to grow rice!

(Thank you for the opportunity to post something about short season rice! I hope your weather gets better!)

https://greatlakesstapleseeds.com/collections/rice-cultivars-for-cold-temperate-northern-gardens