Getting dry

For the most part this gardening season we have gotten enough moisture at Casa Monzeglio that crops have not suffered.  That is no longer the case.  My late cauliflower and broccoli need rain or they will not form and grow normal heads.  The late lettuce plantings are hanging in, but also need a decent rain.  As the weather forecasters blather on about how beautiful the weather is and will be, I feel an unhealthy rage building at their ignorance about agriculture and the beneficial aspects of precipitation.  The dry weather is helpful for the tomatoes as it concentrates their flavor, but even they need some wet weather to develop later fruit.  The one unalloyed pleasure of the dry weather is the need to use the lawnmowers less often.