We've had a number of shortish periods of quite heavy rain, but nothing like some areas have experienced. Hopefully it will soften the ground a bit and actually soak in.
1. Covid booster this morning so good to go for knee op in July and the inevitable peak in cases when the tourists flood the Vendée coast in July and especially August.
2. Lots of thunder around midday and finally a decent downpour to clear the air but I suspect not enough to do much more than lay the dust and freshen the foliage.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Just a few spots overnight on Sunday, but no other rain here for the last 6 weeks. Garden is coping OK as we live in a valley and the water table is high, but I didn't realise just how many pots I have
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
@Obelixx are they still doing pre-admission Covid tests in France? When I went for my hip replacement in the UK they just asked if I'd had any Covid symptoms in the past 2 weeks. There is no mandatory testing or reporting here any more.
Not that I know of @KT53 but hospitals are great places for catching spare bugs so I prefer to be prepared and afterwards I'll have to go and do physio and share the "gym" room with people I don't know and no control over who is vaccinated or not.
Lovely story @pansyface and a lovely dog with a decent haircut. I do feel sorry for Yorkies with ribbons and bows in their hair.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Following a spring when I was occupied with other things, on 3rd June I made a hasty teepee of canes and direct sowed some Moonlight runner beans. The first one appeared today
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Watching all the birds with their youngsters, and watching them learn and get independent. This year we've got a new Mistle thrush too. The sparrows trying to get on to a spinning feeder for sport, because there's another one next to it which doesn't move, but no matter where the feeders are hung, they've always preferred the sparrow-go-round. 😄
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2. Lots of thunder around midday and finally a decent downpour to clear the air but I suspect not enough to do much more than lay the dust and freshen the foliage.
Garden is coping OK as we live in a valley and the water table is high, but I didn't realise just how many pots I have
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Lovely story @pansyface and a lovely dog with a decent haircut. I do feel sorry for Yorkies with ribbons and bows in their hair.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
The sparrows trying to get on to a spinning feeder for sport, because there's another one next to it which doesn't move, but no matter where the feeders are hung, they've always preferred the sparrow-go-round. 😄