As a gardener, a simple rain meter like this one has been a useful tool I found in recent years.
AcuRite 5″ Capacity Easy-to-Read Magnifying Acrylic, Blue (00850A2) Rain Gauge https://a.co/d/iRd0phK
Weather forecasts will often predict how many inches of rain are probably coming, but it’s surprisingly hard to find records after the fact of how much rain actually fell. So you might not know, especially if the rain falls at night or when you’re out of the house.
Knowing whether we got 0.1 inches or 1 inch of rain can make a difference in my watering plans.
A soil moisture meter probe can also be useful, but usually I don’t think about using it, so it hasn’t done much for me personally other than calibrating my instincts the few times I did use one. I would recommend one for gardeners with less experience or less willingness to kill plants than I have.
As a gardener, a simple rain meter like this one has been a useful tool I found in recent years. AcuRite 5″ Capacity Easy-to-Read Magnifying Acrylic, Blue (00850A2) Rain Gauge https://a.co/d/iRd0phK
Weather forecasts will often predict how many inches of rain are probably coming, but it’s surprisingly hard to find records after the fact of how much rain actually fell. So you might not know, especially if the rain falls at night or when you’re out of the house.
Knowing whether we got 0.1 inches or 1 inch of rain can make a difference in my watering plans.
A soil moisture meter probe can also be useful, but usually I don’t think about using it, so it hasn’t done much for me personally other than calibrating my instincts the few times I did use one. I would recommend one for gardeners with less experience or less willingness to kill plants than I have.