A little more than a month ago, it was raining so much here in Maryland that I
thought I'd need my wood to build a second ark, but we have hardly gotten a drip
about the last 3-4 weeks. I am spending about 30-60 minutes a day watering my
newly planted grass and vegetable/flower gardens. (What a waste it would be to
spend all that time getting them started only to have them blow away with the
dust in the dry summer.) Definitely thinking of making a small investment in
irrigation stuff.

On the other hand, the wood sure is drying!