Roy Exum: My Garden This April Thursday, April 1, 2021 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum Everything seems to be blooming as we enjoy our monthly ‘Walk in the Garden’ but I can’t remember when an April Fool’s Day has been this wet. In just two days last week we got 7.6 inches of rainfall, which means in the first three months of the year we’re about five inches over normal. But before you whine, there is this: two-thirds of the United States is abnormally dry or worse. Every state west of the Mississippi is thirsty and in the Southwest, a devastating mega drought has taken root and is worsening. This is a serious problem, and 75 million Americans pray for rain every morning and every night.