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Even though most of the Southeast is in drought, there have still been some recent locally-heavy rain events in the past week that have brought several inches of rain in a few hours to some parts of the region. What can this heavy rain do to recently-planted gardens? Here is an interesting article that describes the impact of heavy rains on home gardens and how it can cause crusting of the soil surface as well as impacting seeds and seedlings that are planted there. You can read it at Farm Progresshere.
