brooklyn1 wrote:

How many inches of rain has already fallen may be an interesting bit
of trivia but has absolutely no value for gardening...

It must be very comforting to live in such a familiar little place where one
can be so certain of everything that one can make ex cathedra declarations.
What of those who live somewhere else? There are climates, soils and
people's circumstances that you know nothing of so how about allowing that
there can be different approaches to a problem.

David