Welcome to a slice of my weekly gardening journal – an entry for the week leading up to Saturday August 15th. This week: Cloudburst and Raindrops on Roses.

Cloudburst
After last week’s grumbling about working in the heat, I guess I got what I asked for with a cloudburst mid-week; although it kept us waiting and sweating for a while there. Peaking on Wednesday in my area with temperatures in the mid-thirties and incredible humidity, a much needed storm arrived mid-evening with a strong gush of wind followed by petal beating rain that thankfully continued into the night.