Although we have had some scattered rain, we continue to be drier than normal. Some farmers have managed to get a second cutting of hay since the irrigation water did not shut off as forecast and we had some timely rains that helped. Some people had very little garden produce while others, myself included, had a great garden year. We are harvesting a bumper crop of fruit--beginning with cherries and raspberries then pears and peaches and now apples (tons of apples) and  grapes. I don't think there has been a better year since I began gardening in the mountains. The rains have helped keep our fire danger down to manageable levels. People who don't have irrigation water have had more difficulties and the town of Durango stopped issuing new permits for people without wells to be able to purchase water in town. However, they never put watering restrictions into place. Bayfield has watering restrictions every summer as a matter of course.