Farmers across Connecticut were happy Monday to finally get some rain as all eight counties are seeing stage 2 drought conditions.

"Every year that goes by, these droughts are starting earlier and they're getting more severe, and the reservoirs get lower," says Graham Fishman, head gardener at Millstone Farm.

Farmers say one day of thunderstorms can only accomplish so much for the dry soil.

"It actually is hard for the ground to absorb the water and the water wants to run off, so a lot of this water is just gonna end up going into the Long Island Sound," says Fishman.

Mill Stone Farm avoids watering its outdoor field crops for environmental reasons, making this the first water these peppers and squash have received in more than 40 days.

Fishman says carefully choosing where and when to plant produce creates more robust root systems.