It did hurt, but I'm glad I went over that evening to get a read on it. Ignorance would not have been bliss, a few days later.
Does your gauge go higher than 5"? I talked to someone at the comm garden tonight, he lives about 2 miles down the road from me. Actually, he used to farm corn, but has never gardened until this year. Their gauge at home read 8"! I'm beginning to think we got more than I thought. The gauges I use only go up to 5, and with the wind and shaking, maybe anytime I see near 5 it has to be treated as a minimum. I certainly did not check it halfway through the storm.
I do have very good drainage at pretty much all my beds. I fork deep and make compost raised beds. I don't till at all anymore. The tilled plots there will get some standing water with a hard rain.
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