Last evening around midnight, the rain began to fall, by 8 this morning we were greeted with the biggest flood in Nolalu in at least 30 years. 96mm (about 4 inches) of rain fell in a few hours, destroying the road from the village.
In two brief days this past week the weather cooperated and enabled us to plant, (knowing that rain was coming but not knowing the quantity), we worked as hard as we could to get as many seeds into the ground as possible before the rain. We managed to get in Carrots, Mesclun, Spinach, Radishes, Peas, Chard; Seedlings of Romaine, Broccoli, and Kohlrabi. This morning, looking at the garden, the soil has turned into soup. Some potatoes have been exposed from the heavy rain,
and we are hoping that the majority of the seeds stayed put. The forecast is unfortunately more rain for the next week, which is disconcerting, with the cold weather and the obvious over saturated soil. We remain optimistic however, with some careful prodding it looks like the corn/beans and peas are germinating, and the transplanted broccoli, romaine and kohlrabi are thriving.
We will continue to watch for any signs of germination, and if we see that some rows were wiped out by the rain, we will just have to replant. This will push the first garden harvest back again later in the season, but we will do what we can to keep on schedule as much as possible. We are currently at least two weeks behind last years schedule, due to cold uncooperative weather, and rain.
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Romaine
Peppers
Yellow beans, planted last week.
The saturated land can't shed water fast enough,
But the steady rain on the newly planted beds has washed a lot of seed away,
Walking in the garden is impossible,
There is just nothing more we can do, but wait for the rain to end.
And radishes are showing up,
Along with the occasional baking bean,
A few good signs amongst the endless rain.
In two brief days this past week the weather cooperated and enabled us to plant, (knowing that rain was coming but not knowing the quantity), we worked as hard as we could to get as many seeds into the ground as possible before the rain. We managed to get in Carrots, Mesclun, Spinach, Radishes, Peas, Chard; Seedlings of Romaine, Broccoli, and Kohlrabi. This morning, looking at the garden, the soil has turned into soup. Some potatoes have been exposed from the heavy rain, 
and we are hoping that the majority of the seeds stayed put. The forecast is unfortunately more rain for the next week, which is disconcerting, with the cold weather and the obvious over saturated soil. We remain optimistic however, with some careful prodding it looks like the corn/beans and peas are germinating, and the transplanted broccoli, romaine and kohlrabi are thriving. 
We will continue to watch for any signs of germination, and if we see that some rows were wiped out by the rain, we will just have to replant. This will push the first garden harvest back again later in the season, but we will do what we can to keep on schedule as much as possible. We are currently at least two weeks behind last years schedule, due to cold uncooperative weather, and rain.
Normally most of this tillage and weeding would be done in early may, this year the ground didn't dry up even slightly until almost the end of the month. Although the weather has been very unco-operative (too wet, too cold, dry enough for 6 hours, then wet and cold for a week etc etc) we have been planting this last week, with the first things going in on the 28th of May.
