It is raining. As frustrating as it is – I can’t spread compost or til beds in this weather – the quiet drizzle is soothing first thing in the morning. Part of me will really miss the rains and the cold winter months as we transition into the work-filled, 100 degree blazing sunshine days of summer.

Without that sunshine, though, we wouldn’t have those big sweet tomatoes, and I couldn’t deal with the idea of that at all.