It has rained a lot this week. On the way into town, Otter Creek was edging up its banks and preparing to bust out all over the road. Normally, this is not such a big deal, but we've already had extensive flooding this year and people have had to move from their homes that were destroyed by this normally very dry creek. Fortunately for me, the creek just creates issues getting home. If the road floods, I'm stuck at home or in town.
However, even though my home is way above the flood plain, all this rain is threatening my garden and yard. I am very glad I built up raised beds this year. My husband doesn't think they've helped any because he thinks the yield is down. But, he doesn't work the garden like I do. Yield for this time of year is down because I was late planting stuff. And, last year, we had nearly as much rain as this and the garden was so waterlogged I lost onions and my tomatoes never ripened. This year, though, even with all the rain, my garden is not a swampy mess in which my shoes are sucked off my feet when I walk in it.
Now, the trick is to see if the raised beds retain water in drought years.
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