Where is the rain?

Stonehead · Wed May 28, 2008 5:16 pm

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Annpan · Post: # 106103Post **Annpan** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:05 pm

Didn't get quite that bad here...

I did run in and out every 30mins this morning, filling more and more water containers re alining the guttering on the back of the wood shed so that it temporarily fills the pond .... getting soaked to the skin each time.

I have now used everything we had lying around to store water - our 'water butts' are 2 large kitchen bins - severly lacking in capacity - we have arranged to get an old fertiliser drum.

If it is OK with God of 'ish I would like sun again for a week and then more of the rain, but next time could it just rain overnight please

Millymollymandy · Thu May 29, 2008 12:56 pm

My spuds grew about a foot overnight when we had 28mm rain!

John Headstrong · Thu May 29, 2008 1:58 pm

Millymollymandy wrote:My spuds grew about a foot overnight when we had 28mm rain!

I know, I was shocked when I could suddenly see them from my kitchen window!, I had only earthed them up the day before.

the rain has also made the rouge potatoes grow, one in next to the courgette 2 in where there should be carrots and about another half dozen doted around.

ina · Post: # 106209Post **ina** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:22 pm

We only had 13.6mm yesterday - that's about half an inch in old money - felt a lot more... But today, after a dreich start, it's brilliant sunshine again.

Annpan · Post: # 106231Post **Annpan** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:55 pm

We are about the same ina... glorious sunshine... it was too hot to work so I came in for a quick blether - 1hour ago

mrsflibble · Thu May 29, 2008 5:09 pm

was lovely this morning, but this afternoon it turned to a deluge of unholy proportions.

my tomato plants look like bushy glimmering emeralds though.

Helsbells · Thu May 29, 2008 5:24 pm

Where is the rain?

Oh there is it!

All over my allotment grr

Ratty · Post: # 106256Post **Ratty** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:41 pm

And there's more rain again here

Spent the afternoon bucketing water out of the little un's sandpit (how it drives in there when its covered & held down with clips I don't know!) only for the rain to start again. Lots of it. Damn wet stuff!

Ratty

Flo · Post: # 106380Post **Flo** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:55 am

Had enough to do a decent watering on Wednesday and a blistering hot day to dry it out and persuade the weeds to grow yesterday. We are now onto "showers" and "mist" .....

ina · Post: # 106381Post **ina** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:03 am

It's "growthy" weather here - you can practically watch the grass grow... (And the weeds.

) Light rain, warm, close.