On 10/5/11 7:44 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
First rain of the season, a pretty healthy one. Unusually early for
So. Calif. coastal, where "rainy season" usually runs from Nov to
March + or -. But whole year has been anomalous. Global warming.

Caught some H20 in buckets and barrels, for indoor plants.

Will this make my celery finally germinate? Sowed seed at least 3
weeks ago. On-line says celery slow to germinate, but how slow? Seed
is from SLOLA (Seed Library of Los Angeles), which is dedicated to
preserving biological diversity. "Subscribers" get free seeds on the
understanding that they will take some seed from their crop and return
to Library. So I figgered it should be gude (intentional) but would
welcome input related to my climate.

TIA

HB

The California Department of Water Resources uses an
October-to-September "rain year", primarily because rain is rare at the
end of September and the beginning of October. In 2 of the past 8 rain
years, more than 200 days elapsed without any measurable rain in
southern California. In 6 of those same 8 rain years, there was
measurable rain in October. Over longer periods, measurable rain has
fallen in every month. Usually 75% of the rain falls in December
through February. July tends to be the driest month.

We got 0.46 inches yesterday, north of the Ventura Freeway and east of
Thousand Oaks. This was the first measurable rain in 120 days.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary