too much rain

[Bronxbackyard]

I hope you witnessed that via media and not in person. No such phenomena here in da Bronx.
Bergen is right across the river and we generally experience much the same weather. Cloudy early here but turned fair and dry, though unseasonably cool...just as i was getting to work. Out of the 47 years that I have passed in NYC this is the wettest and coolest spring I remember. When the weather does change it will be quick and great for the gardens but tougher on the two-legged earthlings

[Newt]

Yes, I witnessed the hail on tv from the comfort of home. It seems to be an unusually wet and cool spring this year too. We started the winter with a drought and now we are 5" over what we need and there is more rain in the forecast. The news was talking about mosquito season starting earlier this year and becoming a potential problem. Hopefully we will have a dry week next week. Here's hoping for sunshine again.

Newt

[Bronxbackyard]

Finally got the Squash & peas into the corn patch today. Hopefully tomorrow's promised T-storm will not wash away the mounds.
The main garden seems to be doing surprisingly well despite the lack of sun. Added fresh topsoil. Hand weeding tomorrow & more corn in a different spot. Maybe more peas & squash too! Hoping to get Swiss chard in but seedlings are too fragile to stand up to major downpour.
tomato plants (6 of 8) are fruiting and one cherry tomato has begun to ripen. Leaf lettuce had to be trashed because of slugs. Japanese greens grew more quickly than anticipated - mizuna is all that is left worth eating. Radish is out, garlic is in. Carrot tops look healthy
Kirbys are showing small fruit, flowering & vining vigorously. Lemon cucumber is small weak but surviving. Strawbs doing well. Herbs doing well. Onions thriving. Peppers and chiles flowering well...serranos fruiting a bit.
If only the eggplant would follow suit...still optimistic.

Maybe sunshine is overrated for plants?????