Alright there was some medium-light rain – we’d had some drizzling when the air was thick with soot but this is the first real moisture since the real rainy season stopped, nothing like this last year – but the landscaping yard’s closed Sunday (well, only open in the morning for professional crews coming in to worksites) so no work planned to interrupt.

So, I started extending the ditch along the other edge of Strawberry Ridge – not digging it as deep, this is next to the trail and I don’t want anyone to step in and twist an ankle.

Also I prepared to stake retaining wire grid over part of the back retaining wall of Blueberry Hill and prepared some coconut coir to place there to try to hold on to any moisture that way, also I set up a weight bench and plate rack in the lower backyard, that’s gonna replace the basement for my weight stuff.