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| Tuesday morning view from my back garden looking out past the harbor's boundary |
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| My neighbor's trees are quickly shedding their leaves. The Ginkgos left a pretty pool of yellow leaves at their base. |
Tuesday was sunny, or at least partially so. The periodic showers on Monday increased our total rain for the current "water year" (which extends from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022) to 4.11 inches, a mere one one-hundredth of an inch below the last year's total of 4.12 inches.
The current forecast predicts more rain starting in the wee hours of Wednesday morning and running through Thursday afternoon. That will almost certainly push us over last year's total, which would appear to be a good start on this year's rainy season. However, the extended forecast for the rest of the rainy season in Southern California doesn't sound particularly promising. We can only hope the forecasters are wrong.
In the meantime, I used the sunny day to sow additional flower seeds and start my cleanup of the back slope, which is a full-fledged mess. My plan is to pull out some of the shrubs down there to make room for more succulents. I'll approach that in the new year, using cuttings from elsewhere in my garden where possible.
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All material © 2012-2021 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party
Rain. Lovely!
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DeleteThe sun seems to have disappeared here... Probably because I've got a couple of weeks off work and want to get out and about with my camera! :D
ReplyDeleteAll the best for 2022!
We're lucky that the sun rarely disappears for long stretches here, Nikki, but I still wish we got rain at least half as often as you do ;) I hope you have a sunny start to the new year!
DeleteOh good! Glad you're getting more rain! If it can make you feel any better, the meteorologists up here were only partially correct in projecting our cold spell. The forecast kept changing, and we got hit less dramatically than originally thought. So, there is hope. They just might be wrong about what's to come in your parts, too. Fingers crossed that they err on the side of precipitation. :)
ReplyDeleteCalifornia has been rescued from severe drought before, Anna, so it could happen! We just passed the quarter inch mark for today's storm, which was tardy in arriving. My 2022 water year total to date currently stands at 4.37 inches so at least we've already passed the 2021 water year total :)
DeleteCongrats on the rain... I expect you are grateful for every drop!
ReplyDeleteYes, I am! I only hope that the spigot continues to work through early April.
DeleteI'm glad you got some needed rain. I hope you'll get more to bring you out of the drought. 47 is pretty cool for you. We've had a warm late autumn/early winter until now. A couple of inches of snow yesterday, and more on the way for Saturday, with highs in the teens, 20s, and 30s. Thanks for sharing your beautiful vignettes.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like NorCal's snowpack is in good shape right now so, as long as there's no premature melt that can't be adequately contained, the state overall may be better off than it was last year. SoCal's expectations are more modest. No one seems to anticipate this part of the state to be relieved of drought.
DeleteSo pleased you are receiving some moisture. Can't imagine surviving on only 4 inches of rain/year. My area is considered semi-desert yet we still average around 19". How does everything there stay so lush?
ReplyDeleteThe "old normal" level of annual rainfall here was about 15 inches, Elaine. It's become much more variable in recent years. Irrigation is the general fallback. A LOT of our water comes from the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. Snowmelt is a big part of that. We also get water from the Colorado River. However, as water levels in the reservoirs, lakes and rivers that make up the water system feeding California fall, there's more resistance to its diversion. There's one seawater desalination facility in SoCal and discussion of adding more but those facilities pose challenges in terms of both cost and environmental impact. Personally, I think more needs to be done on county/city/community bases to reclaim rainwater.
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