RAIN!

a damp harvest

We got a lovely downpour today.  Jim and I were watching it rain and being so grateful for the water.  While we were laughing at the dogs, who declined to go out in the rain, we suddenly remembered we needed to check the swale!  The swale is designed to channel the abundant runoff which comes from the road above our house, onto our property.  If the swale is blocked or breached, the runoff floods the driveway, orchard, and properties below us.  The swale is easily blocked with leaves and weeds.  While we've been keeping the weeds at bay, many leaves fell while we were gone and we had not caught up on those.  We ran outside with shovels and rakes to begin clear the swale before it overflowed and were almost in time!

views of the swale post rain

damage to the road from previous runoff from the upper road

raining and raining and raining

Hoping for more rain in the coming weeks!