Wet

It feels, right now, like it's been nothing but wet and grey for a long time. But, actually, if I cast my mind back just one weekend, last weekend was terrific - sunny, low humidity, cool enough to keep the air conditioning off and windows open.

However, it's not an illusion that it's been awfully wet this summer. We are currently neck-and-neck with 2018, our previous record holder for hyper-local precipitation. And, like that year, we're getting more and more huge events, rather than steady, consistent, precipitation. These downpours are much harder on our ground and systems. This week we had a really record-setting event. Our local gauge saw almost 3.5" in two hours. Other gauges around the region found even more - as much as 5.5"! Roads were flooded and closed, including the parkway just below my house.

All of this has led to huge growth of weeds everywhere. Right now, gardening feels like simply ripping things out. More on that later.