Not quite enough

As a typical farmer/gardener, I am always looking at the glass half-empty.  It was a nice rain on Tuesday, but still not enough to break the drought.  I dug a few potatoes last night to clean up a row prior to planting fall spinach and beets and the ground under the hill was still very dry.  We can use a lot more rain, but the forecast is still for spotty showers and thunderstorms.  A good all day rain, preferably Monday would be perfect.  So of course it will not happen.  Just like demand for lettuce and carrots will not magically jump in the middle of August.  It is a tough sell at this time, and some growers  are dropping prices to ridiculous levels just so they can say they are moving the crop.  Among the few bright spots are spinach, cilantro and parsley which seem to be swimming against the sluggish tide of produce sales.