Monday night rain

My rain gauge register 3.5 inches of rain last night through this morning. Now only if we could receive this much rain this often during the spring and summer we could have some productive vegatable gardens and I could keep my water ponds full. But more than likely our summers will be hot and dry as normal. It really is a pain, and expensive too, to water the gardens and trees during the growing season. I do have a rain barrell which helps but not enough to substitute for what mother nature can do.