RAIN!!!! Arggghhh!!

[Skydog]

I know it would be a blessing elsewhere, but my pond is 2-3" over what it should be. Getting a lot of staining too, and it was just starting to clear up!

 

[Lisak1]

That's where an overflow comes in handy.

 

[Skydog]

Just heard the weather report, we got 4" in 45 minutes!

 

[Dave 54]

Sky dog in a minute you'll be counting your blessings and praying for rain to come my young friend

Dave

 

[Skydog]

 

[Priscilla]

I'm in the same boat. My water has gone brown (quite a change from the usual green). I'm also having problems with run off. We are having severe weather, flooding etc. Hoping it starts to clear up, but today is cloudy again.

 

[Skydog]

We've got more coming today, and there's nowhere for it to go!

 

[DrellDrell]

Im in Chicago and we have been getting a ton of rain. 3", 3", and 1" over three days in a single week. I have my pond build to take 2-3" or rain. I then usea water pump to pump out the excess. Even dropped the waterlevel in adavnce of a recent rain fall. Managing it this way for now. Nornally, 2-3" of rain does not happen this frequently.

 

[Tula]

Lots of rain in Cincinnati too, pond water is cloudy

 

[cas]

Within a week we have also gotten more rain than usual - 4 1/2 inches. It has changed my water hardness from 120 to 60. Is anyone else concerned that all the rain is making their pond water soft?

 

[Mmathis]

We've had a ton of rain recently! I don't have an overflow this time around, but will have to fix that! I hate having to go out and drain the pond just to keep it from overflowing!

 

[DrellDrell]

We've had a ton of rain recently! I don't have an overflow this time around, but will have to fix that! I hate having to go out and drain the pond just to keep it from overflowing!

Agreed. In exact same situtation.

 

[teeemkay]

Yup, that was a ridiculous amount of rain we had early last week. The overflow pipe on my pond came in handy. I also think the heavy rain/possible run-off really threw off the water chemistry again--the string algae showed back up in droves a few days ago.

 

[sissy]

We have gotten severe storms every night for 2 weeks and it just got done raining today .I just got done trimming the yard when this rain came in .Yard is squishy wet

 

[Lisak1]

Just had another big storm pass through the Chicago area - my gardens are happy!