In the last month, we've had one day without rain. You'd think that as a gardener, I would be happy to get so much water. Really it's a problem, and not just because the rain keeps me inside and breeds bugs. As you can hopefully see from the crappy video (it was taken with our camera, so it's better than I might have expected) water just washes away, taking the dirt with it. Those brown streaks are muddy currents in the river that is our street. I still have to water constantly, and when I say constantly, I mean about eight out of every 24 hours. We're going away this week and are planning on simply leaving the water on. We've got a soaker hose, and so all of that water goes directly into the ground, but after a while it comes running out the side of the mountain and our plants wilt. It's been tough being a gardener here, but hopefully when we get back from our trip this week, the dahlia will have begun to bloom. Then I'll be happier.