The difference rain makes

I'd forgotten what rain does for a garden. After 4 years of drought, I'd begun to accept the 'concrete' soil and wilted Echinacea as normal. I hadn't put it together that the reason the Liquid Fence wasn't working on my hostas - the dear still ate them up - was because those hostas with their bitter dressing were some of the few green leaves that the deer came across. It's been a relaxing change to not have to water. It's also been nostalgic, a reminder of growing up in New York State, a much wetter place than Missouri. Now, if only the farmers could get their seeds in and the rivers would stay within their banks.