RAIN!

[terrace max]

At last, just a couple of showers...

Not a moment too soon, for the first time anyone can remember our only water source on the allotments, a manual pump, dried up!

How is it where you are?

[terrace max]

[Moggle]

In Oxford we got a couple of wussy little showers yesterday. Sunny again today so far. The clay soil on my allotment is starting to have big cracks again, would love to see some overnight rain!

[wardy]

Large cracks appearing in my undug celeriac cabbage bed.  Yesterday's little shower did nothing but did make us a bit cooler  :)  At least I have water on my lotty but it's a long walk to fetch it worse luck.  My brother has no water on his new plot and has no shed yet so I feel sorry for him.  All harvested water used up but it must rain soon.  I'm looking after a neighbours plots too.  Ttt!

[Doris_Pinks]

Nothing here  :'(  :'(  Keeps threatening, I dance, and it goes away!

[Mrs Ava]

10 minutes of sudden fast cold rain last evening, but that was it.  Hope it was enough to perk my pumpkins up!  Currently sitting here looking at grey sky and the wind has gotten up, so fingers crossed for a bit more!

[Derekthefox]

Just a dampener here too, but better than nothing! The ground is getting too hard to pull carrots, so appreciate even the gentle stuff!

[dingerbell]

Here in S. Somerset, just a short, sharp downpour which did nothing for the allotment. My clay soil is cracked and parched but the courgettes just keep coming, must be the 3 foot x 3 foot pit full of manure I dug  that is keeping them going. I'm very worried about my poor tomatoes, we need 2 or 3 nights of steady, gentle rain   :'(

[SpeedyMango]

Never fear, I'm going camping at the weekend, so it's bound to tip down for two days straight.

[christine]

SM - PLEASE come and camp on the South coast!!!

[Jill]

No rain here for ages.  And now there won't be 'cos I've just fitted my new water butt to replace the one with a hole in  :( :( :(

[wardy]

It's a cert then Jill  ;D  It'll be the worst drought in living memory  ;D

[tim]

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[Doris_Pinks]

You could lose a small Grandchild down that Tim! :o   
I am still dancing............................................but like Speedy am away by the seaside for next week so you are guarenteed rain!  ;D

[plot51A]

Here in Cardiff we had about an hours light rain yesterday morning and there are some big black clouds overhead now but I don't think anything is actually going to happen! Did notice yesterday how much some of my seedlings and things had grown since Sunday morning - what a difference a day makes - but think it is because it was generally much cooler here yesterday and today, not that frying pan type weather.
All you people in the East should be ok for rain on Saturday as I'm going over to my son near Norwich for the weekend and he is planning a barbeque!

[terrace max]

I've done my bit for Yorkshire allotmenters by pegging out three loads of washing...

[flowerlady]

Watford, (J19 of M25) last night did quite well ;)

Stopped me going to dig on the plot for the first time since I took it on :(

[tim]

Didn't help this, did it??

[Mrs Ava]

ooo Tim, poor celery!

We are having a barby on Sunday so it will rain all day!

[Palustris]

Drizzled 5 miles away, but all we got is cold and cloud. All the water butts have now been turned upside down and cleaned out. The soil is dry to at least 9 inches depth. I dread to imagine how many plants have now died, at least one tree has gone. We are going to go hungry this Winter if this keeps up!

[tim]

I know I say that I don't water potatoes. Pity, 'cos the maincrop is starting to go flat.

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