Byron wrote: > Could be most everyone is fighting the drought, Had a brief > thundershower here last night, first significatant rain in over 3 weeks. > > Three years ago I set up underground soaker hoses, glad I did. > > Byron We've been getting dry spells interspersed with heavy rains. The heavy rains are our norm down here. Example: Yesterday we turned the soaker hoses on the main garden on for a couple of hours, it then rained for about 20 minutes. Go figure. George