I was happy to discover that it had rained too, this morning. I could smell it first, it was wonderful. Still just a couple of showers, but enough for now!!
It is raining now 1505 I live near Durham, we have had very little rain. We have more male black birds then females and the males are fighting, and even attacking the cats.
Heavy rain finally arrived in Devon last evening, the smell of damp earth and the sound of water running into my empty water butts was wonderful.
The only problem was that it brought out all the slugs and snails which I had to gather up and dispose of last night and early this morning. I have beer traps set up for them this evening!
Down here in Somerset we have had very little rain recently and have been completely dry for at least a month maybe longer....
This year I sowed lots of seeds and planted summer bulbs etc in pots which combined with our raised vegetable beds drained the last drop of water out of our three water butts two weeks ago!
Last night and today we have had torrential rain so I bought another large water butt this morning and spent this afternoon putting up guttering around the shed and connecting all of the butts up to this and the houses down pipes....hopefully they will all be full in the morning....oh I also have out two old dustbins, my daughter's paddling pool and about a dozen buckets!!
We were having our Horticultral plant sale on Saturday and friday every one was praying it didn't rain as the sale was to be held outside, low and behold it bucketed down in the night, I held my hands up and said thank you God, luckily it stopped before the sale and they had the best day ever.Saturday in the middle of the night it rained again, so another thankyou to the heavens.
we have a local steam rally this time of year and it ALWAYS rains. sure enough we woke up to a light shower on Saturday and it's rained in the night last night. Note to self - don't try to fix the loose guttering on your extension in the rain! I got soaked in minutes (lolz)
We hsve had 2 nights and days of lovely, lovely rain and all my 5 water barrels are full again plus the overflow bins. Everything seems to have shot up overnight - including the weeds but at least they are easier to pull up when the ground is wet. Like you Kate I find the easiest way to recycle my grey water is to dunk the water can in the bath - fortunately my bathroom is downstairs so not too far to carry it. I too am glad Monty is back - he was talking about losing bay trees this year as I have - it turned all brown and I had already cut it back it looked past saving so I gave up hope and bought a new baby one. Monty says it should come back so I had a close look and sure enough there are a few new green shoots so fingers crossed!
Oh yes, what a blessing the rain was at the weekend here in Yorkshire! Everything just shot up. I wish there was a way of using grey water on an allotment? I can't think of one. Last summer was very dry also, I remember - and at our new allotments the tap hadn't yet been installed...
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The only problem was that it brought out all the slugs and snails which I had to gather up and dispose of last night and early this morning. I have beer traps set up for them this evening!
This year I sowed lots of seeds and planted summer bulbs etc in pots which combined with our raised vegetable beds drained the last drop of water out of our three water butts two weeks ago!
Last night and today we have had torrential rain so I bought another large water butt this morning and spent this afternoon putting up guttering around the shed and connecting all of the butts up to this and the houses down pipes....hopefully they will all be full in the morning....oh I also have out two old dustbins, my daughter's paddling pool and about a dozen buckets!!
http://higgysgardenproject.blogspot.com/
sure enough we woke up to a light shower on Saturday and it's rained in the night last night.
Note to self - don't try to fix the loose guttering on your extension in the rain! I got soaked in minutes (lolz)
http://www.mandysutter.com/reluctant-gardener-day-36-water/