Deserts can explode with flowers after one good rain. Dry seasons store more than you think.

Nothing visible happening is not the same as nothing happening. A long flat stretch can be accumulating readiness underneath, and everything that appears suddenly was in fact prepared slowly, out of sight, during the period that felt wasted. The speed of an arrival says nothing about the speed of its making.

If nothing is coming up, keep the small maintenance going rather than deciding the ground is dead. Note what you are learning even though it is producing no result. When conditions change, what shows up will be whatever you quietly stored.