Almost Ten Inches Of Rain This Month | Is The Garden Finished?

Almost Ten Inches Of Rain This Month | Is The Garden Finished? It won't stop raining in Minnesota in June. Check out our garden and give us your ideas to help keep the garden alive. We'd love to hear your ideas and experience.
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[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

Anyone else been inundated by the June rains?! Let us know how your garden is doing and how/if the plants survived.

[@YogiHollowFarm]

No rain. Dry as a one just some hail with a few sprinkles.

[@TheCowEmporium]

That’s totally crazy. You haven’t been on the property long enough to see how big rains affect your space. Wishing you well Rich.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We're learning quickly. We need to find a way to have more raised beds. It'll give us more control. The rivers are out of control.....and still rising. It'll be a tough week ahead. Cheers Annette!

[@lorrik.7341]

Here in New Ulm, at least five inches rain in the past week. There is no sitting water in the garden, but it's too wet and muddy to get out and turn the soil. We have a lot of tomatoes and peppers setting on, just not the growth. I had to take all of my geraniums into the garage to keep them dry as they were soaked and turning yellow. Isn't it time for a vacation, Rich?

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I think it's time to get out of town and not worry about the rain. We only received a third of an inch yesterday afternoon. I see that as a small victory! Cheers Lorri!

[@northerngirlhobbies]

Damn Rich, I’d legit be almost in tears with the amount of work that goes into our garden here. What I would do is go and buy some new and drier soil, pot two of each peppers and tomatoes and put them in the house or garage. Peppers do not do well with too much water at all. I also think that investing in more raised beds is a very wise idea. Hopefully everything survives.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I agree with you on the raised beds. I think that is the direction we're going to go. I hope this ends quickly. ANother .33" yesterday. So far sunshine today and maybe tomorrow!! Cheers Jen!

[@northerngirlhobbies]

@@TheOldSwedesFarm we had loads of rain overnight and just gloomy today. Thankful for that deep rain fall. I hope your weather continues to not wreak havoc for you folks. Cheers 🍻

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

My goodness, it seems such extreme differences across the states. 😮 We have had zero rain at the farm since May 28th😢 Prayers the garden recovers nicely! Thank you Mr Rich!!

[@brycewiborg8095]

Good morning Nelson. I'm surprised how Good things look despite the weather. Some of my cucumbers have been submerged twice. They are alive, but stunted.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@brycewiborg8095 My prayers for everyone needing rain, or getting g a little too much. Good morning Mr Bryce

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I'm preparing a LARGE barrel of rain and will send it your way! Let's get your corn watered!! Cheers Nelson!

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@TheOldSwedesFarm I would take it in a heartbeat Mr Rich

[@TheMorganHomestead]

We are so tired of the rain too! We were just saying we don't think most of our garden will make it. I am going to do a garden tour video soon, I will show you where our garden is struggling. What strange weather for sure. Praying for SUNSHINE!!☀️🌞

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I just moved a bunch of plants to help them get their feet out of the water. An unreal year!

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Hi Rich….Rain can be your friend….when your plants need it. Too much is not good though.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We've definitely got too much! I'll send you some!! Cheers Garry!

[@BARBSCOUNTRYHOME999]

Sorry about all the rain Rich.. We need some rain over here!

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I'll send you some!!! Cheers Barb!!

[@OldWaysGardeningandPrepping]

Sorry to hear about all the rain and it definitely has been some crazy weather years. Here we are dry as can be and haven't seen rain in a long time. Hoping to get some here soon. Hope your garden pulls through and turns out great. Take care and have a blessed day. ❤️🍀 Blessings, Teresa 🦉

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

You're correct, it's been a wild couple years. I'm praying it all turns out good but we will see. Mother Nature is in control. Cheers Teresa!

[@iexpectmiracles]

We have had 10.88 inches of rain so far here at my home in Belle Plaine. I use wood chips around my whole garden and they absorb a lot of the extra moisture and release it when it gets hot and sunny with no rain. I am at almost the lowest spot in town and I can walk in my garden with no sloshing!!!!! Drive by my home at 830 West State St (Cty Rd 6) and take a look. I hope Mother Nature soon becomes your new best friend!

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I may stop by some day. It's always fun to meet gardeners and share tips. I'd like to see the chips. Thanks for stopping by! Cheers!

[@janiceemery2008]

You have had too much rain, and we are so dry here in SC. The farmer's conundrum is always the weather. Hope you find an answer to saving your plants.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

It seems like it's too dry or too wet, no matter the year. I wish I could save all this rain for next summer (or later this year). I bet I'll need it. Have a great week, Janice!

[@erickchristianson5416]

Over in New Prague. Most of my garden is raised 6 inches. My lawn is a swamp, but garden doing well. Peas have been loving it. Harvesting more than I ever have before. My neighbor has a huge in ground, and the flooding is around his corn, the rest has drained for him. But nature is taking in other ways. The deer, the rabbits, and now a woodchuck digging up my carrots! Pest pressure has never been this bad. Hail did major damage to my apples. Ant more rain though, and we’ll all have lake front property,

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We are a bit of an island out in the corn so we don't typically get the large pests (other than rabbits). We did have a doe come through the yard but she left the garden alone. Sorry about your hail damage. We're working on an area to add an orchard. I need to drop a few more junk trees before I can plant apples and pears. We're praying for no more rain. I need to mow at some point and I might rent a hay bailer! Have a great week, Erick!

[@brycewiborg8095]

My string beans, and yellow wax beans are doing awesome. Cucumbers have been submerged twice. Stunted, but they are growing. I planted tomatoes in 8 inch concrete drainage tile. They are doing well. Keep in mind i am on the river bluff. This property is on top of a abandoned quarry. Moisture soaks away fast. This is how I remember the 1960s on the folks farm.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We're in the highest spot for six miles but my garden is in a low spot. I need to go with raised beds. It's unreal. I sure hope all your plants recover and are able to move forward. Keep us updated Bryce! Have a great day!

[@MinuteontheMountain]

Wow, that's a ton of water. I hope the garden makes it through it.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We're hoping too. Just in case, we're also building an ark! Thanks for stopping by!

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

Absolutely move some of them, if you can, to raised beds. What happens with lots of rain is #1 the roots can't get oxygen #2 all of the nutrients wash out of the soil, #3 if it does warm up, the plants wilt. Everything in my in-ground garden drowned and died. Except the corn. But it didn't make corn like it should. Tasseled way before any cobs formed. Then when they did there was no pollen left to pollinate the silks. The only things I have left that are producing are things in the raised beds. We had 34 inches in a 10 to 14 day span. Sooo much water. We also are contemplating more raised beds. Hubby and I discussed it, and he wants to build me actual "row beds" Like a foot wide, a foot deep, the length of my rows. Which will then require soaker hoses on all of the rows, which is a pain, but fine.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

34 inches?! Oh my. I was thinking ten inches was bad. I can't imagine having three times that. I think I definitely need more raised beds. Starting to figure out a plan to buy them. I hope your garden recovers. Cheers Gwen!

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

@@TheOldSwedesFarm The in ground stuff is toast. I'm not even fooling with it. I go pick cherry tomatoes and cucumbers. I do have potatoes in 2 raised beds. But the cherry tomatoes are such a jungle I haven't attempted to dig them. I'm afraid if I do it will kill the cherries. When they are done if the potatoes are still there, fine. If not...oh well.

[@LittleHomesteadOnHinerPond]

What a bummer. I heard Sioux Falls is even worse. In White Bear Lake we’ve had 5.74” so far in June, and I’m happy about it. Our pond is back to normal for the first time in 3 years. We also don’t have any low spots besides the pond. But I better check one corner of our basement that used to get damp years ago.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We've had water in the basement too. Our basement isn't finished so it's not affecting us too much. I'm glad your pond is full and I'm sure the animals and birds love it. Stay dry up there!!

[@805BBQJUNKIE]

Good to see you, my friend. Hopefully, your garden will survive here in cali. we will take all the rain, lol

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

Thanks for stopping by to watch. I hope it's dry where you are and the BBQ is full! Cheers Jorge!

[@shannon3111]

East central MN, garden not flooded but beans and peppers not looking good, they have yellow leaves. Will try to organic liquid fertilize after we get a dry day or two. Haven’t had to put out the drip tape irrigation yet though 😂. Hope your garden recovers Holly and Rich.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I'm thinking of an organic fertilizer too.....after it dries out a bit. Today is beautiful and I heard we have more sunshine forecast tomorrow. Praying for dry weather for a week! Cheers Shannon!

[@suel1634]

Here in Central WI we are in the same boat. Thankfully most of my garden is raised beds and we have a lot of sand for good drainage. Once it stops raining it doesn't take long for the water to drain into the ground. I think we are close to 15 inches of rain for the month. My aunt on the other side of town wasn't so lucky, they had to buy all new plants to replace the ones the water killed. A suggestion I can make is to put a small ditch between the rows set up at an angle to drain the water to the end of the row, with a water catchment at the end. This would allow you to pump out excess water when it's really wet, and save runoff water when it's dry to use again for watering.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I love the idea. I just don't know where I'd pump it. The garden is in a low area, about the size of two football fields. I'm hoping I don't need to buy and replant. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for stopping by to watch and comment. Cheers!

[@LytonaKirtz]

I haven’t kept track of the rain but in the 60 hours I got 4.6 inches of rain. I would guess my total was about 10 inches also. I’ve have tomatoes waterlogged in the past and they did great. I was at my granddaughter this weekend at Silver Bay and they are flooding also. We saw a lot of flooding around Zumbrota coming home. Part of my garden ( beans, cucumbers, cauliflower, and squash are flooded right now. I could see where mulch was washed into the yard so I’m guessing nearly all of the backyard was underwater. It was beautiful all the way home this morning.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

Wow! You're as soaked as we are. The weather is great today, and I hope the rain stays away this week. Thanks for stopping by Tani!!

[@kellymurdock5982]

I had this happen last year in Eastern Ontario. Sorry but the short answer is no, most won't survive. A suggestion is go along the sides of the rows and dig a trench. Dig something that will allow the water to drain from them. The roots need to be able to breath. I lost virtually everything. For this year I added a lot of garden soil to build things up and also hilled everything. That is working really well and we are having yet more heavy rains. Best of luck!

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I think we'll be digging things up tomorrow and moving the tomatoes to raised beds. It's still under water. A tough gardening season. Thanks for sharing your experience! Cheers!

[@juanisgarden5356]

Oh dear! This is heartbreaking 😮, I hope some survive!

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We're working to get something to survive....or replant. We'll make it! Cheers Juani!

[@Root_and_Fleurish_Farm]

I would add soil up in mounds around the base of the tomatoes and let them put roots on higher up the stem. Put some pine shavings in between to absorb the water. It will still be wet but won’t be sitting in puddles. Put a thick layer of pine shavings at the base of everything else. Not the thick pine shavings. The small ones like saw dust.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I'll grab some soil and add the mounds. I need to add a lot of soil and get raised beds for everything! Thanks for stopping by to watch and share your ideas! Cheers!

[@josephscherer4581]

In Bloomington an hour away or so I am experiencing similar problams. My tomatoes are thriving. My peppers are just sitting there and they have not grown in a month. The beets are still barely more than seedlings and the peas have only grown a few inches. Cabbage is doing well but we will see if they head up.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

Keep us posted on how things grow. Where in Bloomington are you? I grew up right next to Dwan Golf Course and graduated Jefferson in '82! Cheers Joseph!

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey Y'all, We are so so tired of the rain here also in Minnesota. I have kept many plants out of the ground due to the water. Everyday pouring out water from the seedling trays trying to keep them dry. All the tomatoes are just so ready to go out some might be too stunted as I am up potting them but they really need to get in the ground. Now I bought 5 plants of the household favorite tomato Genuwine Beefsteak an F1 from Bonnie plants. I sorted through them and only bought the ones with 2 plants per cup. Now there are all ready to have some suckers with three sets of leaves. I will collect about 20 of these put them in cups of water in 10 days they will are be ready to plant giving me 30 plants from buying five pots from the store. Ok so what is the point??? You could look at your tomato plants and see if they have some larger suckers you can remove and hopefully in 10 days your garden may be drier than it is today. This way the those you are leaving alone might just make it plus you will have some good cloned plants for a plan B. Otherwise you might want to restart any of the plants that will grow within the time remaining in the growing season and that window is closing everyday!! Good luck

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I like this idea. I'll grab some suckers and give this a try. Having a back-up plan, like you suggest, is a great idea! Thanks for stopping by, and for sharing your idea! Cheers!

[@EugeneYus]

My garden, 420 garden, and two chickens are a total loss. Southwest MN :(

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

Nooooo. I'm hoping it all dries out and we can replant some of the plants and move forward. We've still got three months of growing conditions. Cheers Eugene.

[@beesandseeds]

Wow! Hopefully the weather holds the rain back long enough to let them recover

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

It's sunny today and tomorrow looks nice. We then have the possibility of more rain. Only a third of an inch yesterday afternoon.

[@prayerwarrior424]

It sounds like what we went through in Massachusetts last summer. Our saving grace was having raised beds. We still had some fungal issues, but we sprayed for those and we didn’t have the best yields. But I totally think placing some of your plants in raised beds will help… We hardly watered last year…Best of luck💕

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I feel like the raised bed idea is going to be our best option. Thanks for stopping by to watch and comment. Let's pray for enough rain for our gardens, but not too much! Cheers!

[@kentuckycunctator]

Papaw said droughts will scare ya, floods will starve ya.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

That is some sage advice. I believe it now. Thanks for stopping by!

[@cuttheknot4781]

Have you ever considered investing in Greenhouse gardening? It will be especially beneficial in that part of the country.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

We have. I need to figure out a quality greenhouse that can withstand the conditions here. We are on top of a hill and have a LOT of wind. I need something heavy duty and then save for it. Great idea! Cheers!

[@KCAATV]

We get about 40 inches a year of rain on these parts of South Texas. I can assure you that you don't want to be here on the day it happens.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

That's a LOT of rain. I can't imagine all that. You also can get a LOT in a short timeframe from hurricanes. I hope they all miss you this year. Cheers!

[@robv4936]

Going through the same here just outside of Glencoe. A tiny bit under 11" so far. Not much we can do other than planning on losing a few things. I was going to say moving the plants may stress them more than leaving them, but you already figured that out. There are natural remedies that work pretty well for fungas. Hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and such. I have the recipe written down at home if you need. Best of luck

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I'd love to hear the recipe. I've been looking for remedies, just in case. Would love to hear a natural remedy, that has worked, from someone I know. Thanks Rob!

[@ricsgarden7394]

Ok East Texas here. 1st let me say I wont be able to help much. You got 10 inches of rain in a month I got 11 inches in 24 hours. Yes my garden was done. Got a 10% yield on most things. I had tomatoes in raised beds and was able to get a crop after the first few batches going bad and they were never really great. As far as raised beds Im all for that. I am moving towards more myself. I have one piece of advice. Most of the youtube channels spacing in raised beds is far too much. They end up losing 75% of their garden for appearance purposes. You dont need 4 feet end to end. Ok 4 ft rows between but not end to end. I have mine butted together but no more than a foot or 2 max. My only advice to you is to replant what you can replant. Growing season dependent. I say this because what happened to us was all the nutrients were washed from the roots and they never recovered. Love the channel. Ive been here since you were around 1K subscribers. Later

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

I agree about the spacing. I have spaced a bit as I'm trying to use the beds as weight to hold all the fabric down. I like your idea of closer spacing for further beds. I cannot imagine getting 11 inches in a day. Unreal. I hope you can get a later planting and have a productive harvest. Thanks for your continued support! We appreciate you!! Cheers!

[@yabbadabba5514]

I wonder if along the peas, beans and rows of things, if you could indent/dig in a small trench along the plastic and lead it to a nice hole you could dig out of the way that the overflow can run into and off of the vegetable plants for now. The soil would obviously still be soaked, but at least the standing water would have somewhere to go. . Almost act like a giant 'olla pot' in the ground to collect standing water. Im having the opposite problem, we are dry dry dry here in Montana right now.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

It is soaked for fifty yards around the garden. I don't think I could make a hole deep enough. Maybe I'll install a pipe from my garden out to you. I'm willing to share!! I hope some of this rain moves your way. Have a great week!

[@yabbadabba5514]

Yes, please do! We need it!

[@farkleberry471]

Geesh! Maybe rice farming is your next crop? Sorry you are having so much rain.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

That might not be a bad idea. Minnesota Wild Rice!! Cheers Farkle!

[@YogiHollowFarm]

Ugh rich. Standing water is not good. Sorry you’re having a tough time with the rain. We have had heavy rain one year and it drowned plants. We didn’t try moving anything because they were established. We saw it as hail. Let it be. Thankful you’re not south of that dam that is busting. Sorry too much rain is not something we deal with. In NC our raised beds got so saturated they drowned with a lot of rain. Not an easy answer for sure

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

The dam is breaking south of us and the water from the Minnesota River flows north from there (to us). It's on its way! It's weird to think that the river flows north. It's coming!!!

[@YogiHollowFarm]

@@TheOldSwedesFarm oh no! Gosh be safe. I had no idea

[@TheSHTFFarm]

Sounds like when I walk in my yard. I’ve had over 17” here in Le Sueur Cty. I haven’t even started my garden yet and don’t think I will. It’s so soupy

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

17 inches?! Wow! We're on the very north end of Le Sueur County. Sorry you haven't had a chance to get the garden in. We've still got three months of growing. I hope you can get something in the ground. Cheers!

[@TheSHTFFarm]

@@TheOldSwedesFarm it’s been insane. Bruce, a “retired” farmer near me took his rain gauge down after his sweetcorn’s roots got a fungus after 13” of rain. One Sunday, I got 4” in an hour. It’s been that way every time it rains, just inches and inches of rain. My parents live an hour east of me (Cannon Falls) and they haven’t gotten half of what I have over here.