[NormsRevenge]

Good luck over the hill in Santa Cruz and in the mountains.

I used to love to play in the mud puddles and the fields during and after heavy rains or during snow melts in the spring. Hydrology and fluid mechanics .. neat stuff. 'Course the kitchen floor always got a little dirty when I came in to eat.

I have a feeling you're looking at more like 1 to 2 feet of rain there in the next couple of weeks at this rate.

We have had maybe 3/4 of an inch here in North san Jose so far, winds have just kicked in last couple of hours.

Ladyinred, Glad to see you guys may be getting some there too.

[NormsRevenge]

[Carry_Okie]

Good luck over the hill in Santa Cruz and in the mountains.

Luck? It's a matter of following instructions, spending the money, and doing the work.

I just had the privilege of clearing a half-dozen let outs along the road, then transplaning about 25 ceanothus seedlings God gave me. Later it's the adenostoma, (are you ready?) poison oak, and (if I find any) some toyon. After that, it's groundcovers: honeysuckle, native blackberry, roses, yerba buena, various lillies, and irises. Just identified a flowering currant returning for the first time since this place was cleared, over ten years ago. If I get time I'll sow some zauchnerias into sixpacks. Give me ten more years of this and this place will be unrecognizeable from the weed patch it once was.