Since we are at the end of another rain event, I'll show the recent standing water from December '22 atmospheric river broohaha.  Ugh!  I lost a few beautiful agave, mammillaria and aloes this winter.  Overall, the aloes held up nicely to the barrage of rain.  Even the established blue glow agaves have taken a hit, I have no idea if they can pull through with the amount of rot they're dealing with.

These mammillaria made it through, hard to see in the photo- BUT the bed is quite raised and drained well enough.  I currently have a clear tarp on them to keep them dry as possible.  

During a brief reprieve from the rain, I ran out and dug up the silver torch cacti and left them on their sides until the ground could dry out.  This looks careless, but they survived better being lifted out of the saturated ground.  They've since been replanted and seem no worse for the wear!

Oh, the rain wasn't done - here we are about full capacity.  The smaller bed in the back (the white frost cloth is covering an alluaudia procera, who knows if it will leaf out in spring or if it's a goner)  really took a hit.  Lost a mangave "bad hair day" and an agave there.  The blue flame agave made it through, but girl looks rough.

Brrrrrr.  BUT I don't mind the paths flooding, that's the whole purpose of having the beds mounded & draining.  The ground doesn't absorb the water very well when it really downpours here, I haven't gotten used to that.  Portland gets real RAIN, and I never experienced the sitting water in either of the gardens I had there.

From February, 2017 - when this area was grass, the flooding was much higher with less rainfall.  Small improvements I will take!

February 21, 2017

Back to the present... worse for the wear, black macroacantha agave.  Jury is out on this one.

Dr. Feelgood, dealing with the rain in his own special way.  😄

Tomorrow I will focus on the sunny skies!  3 days of sunshine - I can't wait. 😀