Soggy Declarations

The brief respite in the forecast has been put to rest.  Chances of rain and thunderstorms are back through the weekend and into next week.  Now the weather report throws in heat and high humidity so any lingering hope some crops might escape the relentless rains without too much damage is toast.  I remember one other summer like this during the late 1980s on Long Island.  I watched as my meticulously trellised tomatoes turned black and died as the rains and humidity fed the blight.  As I recall we had about 14 inches of rain in July and ducks were swimming in the field behind the garden.  It is not quite as bad this time, but things are not looking good for much of the garden.  How about some soggy fireworks for the Fourth.