Probably pretty localised @wild edges  ⊠a friend in Cheshire said they had a real humdinger of a storm last night, the likes of which theyâd not had for years⊠she said the garden looks much perkier this morning.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I decided to give this Star of India a well-deserved place in curmudgeons corner  It eschewed a perfectly adequate east facing fence to shin up the outside of an elderberry tree.
We had a few light showers yesterday, hardly enough to dampen the dust. I did a rare trip into Exeter to replenish my wardrobe, and maybe treat myself to a pretty summer dress. Rather depressing, once I had excluded everything made in China, dresses without sleeves, and anything in a colour that doesnât suit me, there wasnât much left. I did finally find a pair of trousers that fitted ( in a longer size than usual, so they didnât âgraze my anklesâ ) and am considering ordering another pair on line. Also picked out a nice dress, but wrong size, and I couldnât bring myself to climb back up the stairs to the changing room to try another. So Iâve ordered both sizes on line, and can pick them up from Waitrose from today, much more civilised! At least it was useful to actually see some stuff âin the fleshâ, as it were, and with the showers yesterday, I wouldnât have got much gardening done anyway. Looks nice out now, but we have a thunderstorm warning for later.
We had some rain in the early evening yesterday. There wasn't enough to do much good to the garden but it did freshen the air a bit at the time. Back to humid this morning.
No rain since the evening of 10th May here . It's turned slightly hazy now but nowhere near enough cloud for even a spit of rain. It's all happening further west according to the radar images.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
We had a bit of a shower at 2am that was predicted as a massive deluge by the Met Office. Better than nothing though. We might not see rain for weeks now with the weather patterns as they are. I've got about 100 litres of rainwater left to keep the house plants and succulents going.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It eschewed a perfectly adequate east facing fence to shin up the outside of an elderberry tree.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.