useful. It's you get some water coming down a slope, you build a little berm up and plant trees inside. There just a gentle one where it traps, you know, about 50 gallons of water, and that deep soak from the monsoon season, that tree can grow several feet taller a year, depends what tree it is, just because of the deep soaks. We did an experiment about 10 years ago. We had a maple, and we planted in a water harvest area where we trap the water is in a swell. I asked the client, this would make it grow faster. And they like, Great, I'll do it there, even though don't, I don't know why it would. And then we put another one in a mound area, like on top. And about four years later, I stopped by their house again and visiting with them. And the literally, the caliber of the tree was like three inches bigger on the one that was planted in the water basin area where we trapped the water. So that was like, this is way more effective than I didn't even realize how the effect of water harvesting and the deep soaks that the water is trapped and it goes down. So when you think about monsoon season, it comes down hard and fast, couple inches the water sheets off the top. You can see it sheet off. It doesn't penetrate. So when you're like, Oh, we got a we got a half inch of rain, all my plants are good. Well, if you're not necessarily that could have sheeted off, and those plants didn't get hardly any water. So I learned the water harvest. Water harvest is very important if you if your property can handle it, is trapping the water, let the water get there just a small amount, and not even that noticeable, when in the dry season that you can see that little berm, but and not right beside the tree. You want to get four or five feet away from the tree or more to trap that water so it can pool up to, you know, six to eight. Inches deep when it's trapped there, knows that water goes down and deep soaks it. That's the best part of mountains. Mind the monsoon season is that rain, that rain is so much better than the irrigation. It's just that just the trees just come alive. You can see the green of a tree come from a dull green to a bright green, just because the monsoon season, I mean, just one rain, if it's a good, heavy soak, and the water had perked in, man that that those that foliage just brightens up, and it's just so refreshing. It's refreshing to smell the rain, refreshing to see the bright green and just the health of it. And I, you know, I love it. It changed my my vibe and everything about it, seeing the rain come and all that take place. So another thing to talk about is, you got your obviously, you clean the gutters, the downspouts, those are important to clean, but the ads pipe, the hooks of the downspout, we'll make sure that's clean. If that's plugged. You know, you're like, well, it's not that big of a deal. It is because the downspout and the ads pipe right where it connects, it will that's where the water is coming out, where that is right beside your foundation, and it'll bubble out there. Now, if it's happening, don't stress it's not going to ruin it in one season, but I will tell you, over years, the foundation will crack. It will settle. There will be drywall cracks in the house. You need to look at that. Water's not staying there. At the corner, we went to a crawl space a couple years ago. The whole wall was just, you can see water was coming through, and all that was the downspouts were. The person didn't run them out. They were plugged. They weren't even plugged. They just, they didn't even go anywhere. The construction guy cut a corner and just had the downspout like two feet away from the house and plugged it so it just flooded out all around the house. We tore all those up. We put swells in to get the water to drain above ground so that so you can see it not being plugged and it fixed. It went back there two years ago, and it was dry inside. They were happy. And luckily, the new owner saw it and took it and jumped on it right away and like, hey, this can't happen. You know, I know about rain and water and what it can do. So we that's something to look for. A lot of these people. And they build walls. We build a wall and put a drain pipe behind it. It's critical. But that drain pipe behind it, because the monsoon can push that wall out, because the water can have so much force, and those pipes there make it perk out. So it's you just don't want to cut corners when you're building construction, walls to driveways to swells. Don't cut corners when it comes to slopes drainage. That is serious, damage can be done. And you know, five, six years down the road, if it's not done right. So it's also good. When we talk about monsoon, is to fertilize. I recommend fertilizing everything, you know, in June. Get it on there, right around the roots, you know, out there, not right by the tree roots. Get it out there where the drip line is. And that monsoon just it puts that fertilizer down, instead of putting in one little clump by the emitter, which you got to do it if you're doing it in the dry season, so it breaks down. But it's always good to put that fertilizer out there the drip line, the rain comes down. Not only the fertilizer work great for the roots, but it breaks the soil up and not keeps it where it turns so rock hard and in the clay, if it's cleach or whatever, it breaks that up and helps that water perk and it helps the moisture go into the roots. So that's very important. I strongly recommend putting fertilizer around the plants right before the monsoon season to get them to come alive. And you know, it's it makes a huge difference to fertilize before a rainstorm. One other thing, last thing about monsoon season, it's very critical we do we push very hard on pre emergent, getting it down the pre emergent down before the monsoon season. Why? Because pre emergent is sprayed when it rains, it activates it and it distributes it even, and it creates a barrier. The barrier is there so the seeds won't germinate. So you know, when it comes to monsoon, get that pre emergent down. Check your drain underneath your gutters or the drain pipe is, make sure they're cleaned out. And you're like, what could be in their leaves? You don't got all these No. Snakes go in there. Rabbits go in there, and they can't back out, then the snake goes underneath the rabbit. And then, I mean, I pulled out a very nice ice snake before we found dead rabbits in there, because they go in that EDS pipe and they can't back out, and it plugs it up and ends up causing a lot of water issue, drainage problems, you know, gutters overflowing, so it's good to check those. Just put a garden hose up in your gutter, let it run see if water's coming out. If it comes out, you're good to go, and that frees your mind. Thought that when it's pouring down rain, hey, I'm set my gutters are draining. It's all good. Let it rain and that. Eric gives it a great peace of mind to know that you can just relax and enjoy the rainfall. So this is Rodney with Zebra scapes and just touching base on the monsoon season, on what to be prepared for. And it's very critical to walk your property and just to see where you are with the swells, the drainage, the slopes, even in front of your garage. Do you have a catch basin to catch the water? Just take a look around your property. You have any questions, any concerns? Please note below, glad that they discussed these issues with the monsoon season, and I reported the farmers all our neck. We're looking like we could have a decent one this year. It definitely slows down production. Definitely affects the workload, but Mother Nature needs it. I love seeing the green hills, so let it rain. I love seeing the storms. It's exciting. So stay tuned. Appreciate you listening. This is all about the monsoon season and how to be prepared for it. Thanks. You.