Today is Sunday, June 9th,2013. It's been raining for a good part of this day. The old rain gauge measured a full inch of rain today. The gardens needed it after missing out on the last 2 rain events. The raised beds in the Veggie garden along with mulch has kept everything growing and producing with no problem. We're coming up on the time of year when I will have to start watering the garden unless it continues to rain. I plan to use drip lines again this year. It worked very well last year even with the short term drought we had in June/July 2012.