weather obsession

You can't farm or garden unless you obsess about the weather.  A cold wet spring and now a hot dry summer.   There is no justice in the farming world.  Since I have only limited watering capabilities, mostly confined to germinating seedbeeds and transplants, I have to depend on Mother Nature to do the heavy lifting for maturing crops like corn and potatoes.  Unfortunately, she seems to have decided to take a summer vacation.  We have not had a decent rain in three weeks and the top 3 inches of soil is dry.  There is abundant subsoil moisture, but for veg growers, the top of the soil profile is just as important.  The forecast is for isolated thunderstorms, but in my experience, the more you need the rain, the less likely it is to fall.