Topic: We have RAIN - of a sort!

[ninnyscrops]

Hi Coznbob I'll tell you where it's gone, Conker's nicking it all in Manchester!  ;D ;D ;D

Tell us your secret rain dance Conker or we're coming to empty your water butts!   ;)

[Conker]

Hey, you leave my butt alone!!   ;)   ;D

To be honest, we've had drizzly rain since Sunday, then Monday was a bit more rainy, then yesterday was erratic but cleared up later.

Goodness!  A positive reason to live Up t'North!

[ninnyscrops]

Conker you believe it.  Sussex is like the dustbowl Grandma calls it.  I cannot honestly remember the smell of a good downpour of fresh rain falling for so long. I had to water my two little plots this evening and it just fell down the cracks, even the spent hop mulch is drying out.  We have a problem Houston!

[Conker]

I know that this is a bit off topic, Ninnyscrops, but why on earth are you called Ninnyscrops??

We stayed at Westleton a couple of years ago for a family and it was hot and dry over Whitsun.  We came back for our summer holiday about eightweeks later and stayed at Leiston.  Beautiful part of the world, even if it is dry and dusty at the mo!

[ninnyscrops]

Well you did ask....................  Our twin neices years ago when they were little (now 30+) had a toy farmyard. Their grandma (my mother-in-law called Floppy) asked them to name all of the animals. When they got to the farmer's wife my MIL said that's Linda.  At their tender age they couldn't pronounce Linda and it came out Ninda, Ninda then got shortened to Ninny and Ninny now grows her crops! Now work out the rest of our family names OH Keefy (quite simple) Tubsy and BeeBee!  ;D

[coznbob]

Ok, its not fair....

I WANT RAIN!!!

Everyone I know thinks I am nuts, but we really do need it down here!

Spent my time down the plot tonight watering and covering the peas from aerial attacks by the bloody birds.

Really will throw a temper tantrum soon if I hear anymore stories of downpours!

grrrrrrrrrr

[ninnyscrops]

Now now Coznbob calm down what you need is a real cool shower!  ;D

[greenscrump]

Still no rain  :'(  BBC and Metcheck forecast heavy showers in the early hours but not a drop .  As a recent immigrant to Sussex (from reasonably dry N Kent) should  I expect drought conditions thru out ??

[Grandma]

Must have had a short, sharp shower earlier this a.m. Some of the bigger plant leaves were still hanging on to their few precious droplets when I went out about 8.00a.m. - but it's made no difference at all to the soil; it's still ash-grey, rock hard and with ever-widening cracks.  :'(

Sun's out now - and there's a brisk, DRYING breeze.

That'll help a lot, won't it?  >:( 

[coznbob]

OK, must have been a bit frustrated on last post, sorry, I'll calm down now. :)

Thought it was xmas when coming out of Tesco's and it was raining. Stopped soon after, just enough to tickle the soil... oh well ::)

[Tin Shed]

Rained at 4 am here this morning. Was on the lottie by 9 am and it was hardly noticeable that there had been any rain at all. People are now watering ground for several days in a row in order just to do a bit of digging. Have to jump on the spade to get it into the soil at all - a few days ago the soil was still darker and slightly damp underneath, but this morning it was all as dry as a bone.

[Grandma]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  ;D ;D ;D

Had exactly one hour's rain - (proper rain, some of the time) - from 13.05! Nowhere near enough to do any real good of course, but better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick.

Hope the rest of you dry folks got some, too  ;) :) :-*

[cornykev]

Had our first proper rain, quite heavy for about 40 mins.  ;D ;D ;D

[greenscrump]

Not yet ...... I think it fizzles out on its way from Hastings   :(

[ninnyscrops]

It worked Grandma - all that threatening to paint the door and wash the windows, someone was listening!   :)

greenscrump you really didn't try hard enough - have another go - put the washing on the line, get the paint pots ready and put the gazebo up!!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D