I ran around last night and emptied about 15 cans of (rain)water on everything as it was looking so dry despite the rain a few days ago. Half an hour later it was widdling down with rain. All the butts are topped up again anyway. It's not going to have done a great deal for water levels generally though and most of the local streams have dried up now.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
My hosepipe is more or less redundant here, as I can only use it when I don't actually need it. It does make watering the greenhouse a little easier in times of normal rainfall though.
I said 'normal'. Don't even know what that is any more!
Like WE, all butts full again, ready for next time, but still using our springwater supply very carefully.
@BenCotto I may sound like a Scrooge but what's the logic in that ? I heard a CEO of a water company saying it was more a case of not being able to get the water down the pipes quick enough, than a shortage of water. Seems with us all at home that we are using water I a lot of different ways and at times we wouldn't.
Well if that's the case, I'm more than happy to water after 10pm, there's not a soul around by then
@hostafan I think that's the time most recommended for watering as it least effects supplies while also being the best time for plants to maximise usage. Generally I'm messing with compost at time of day 🤣🤣
We are in good shape after decent rain over the weekend. What a miserable start to June though! Stuck between rejoicing at not needing to water and misery that our clay is now wet and won't want to be walked on.
Been local news coverage several times in past few years covering how local water companies allow millions of gallons to leak out each year. There is one site that looks like a natural wetland, I think in Suffolk, it's not, it's actually a leak they never got around to fixing!
Given that we had one of the wettest winters on record, I'm not very happy about this. Heaven knows, the water companies have had time to adjust. 1976, 1989, 2018, 2019. It cannot be a surprise that some summers are very dry. Why have they not spent the last thirty years building up capacity? We pay them enough.
@Posy Different regions have widely differing water storage capacities. Ireland and the north of England has little, as historically it was never needed. London has put a lot of money into storage as the southeast is traditionally one of the areas of lowest rainfall and highest population usage. Rainfall patterns have changed radically of late. Nationally reservoirs were full all over the country. But we've had a very dry spring and almost nothing though May. The Uk doesn't have capacity to cope with three winter or spring months without rain.
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Been local news coverage several times in past few years covering how local water companies allow millions of gallons to leak out each year. There is one site that looks like a natural wetland, I think in Suffolk, it's not, it's actually a leak they never got around to fixing!
@Posy Different regions have widely differing water storage capacities. Ireland and the north of England has little, as historically it was never needed. London has put a lot of money into storage as the southeast is traditionally one of the areas of lowest rainfall and highest population usage. Rainfall patterns have changed radically of late. Nationally reservoirs were full all over the country. But we've had a very dry spring and almost nothing though May. The Uk doesn't have capacity to cope with three winter or spring months without rain.