Gutted no rain

[saddad]

Rain overnight.. and more to come by the looks of it...  :)

[saddad]

[Ragdoll Lady]

It rained overnight here too and is pouring down now. My veggies are going to love it especially the beans. So glad to see the rain.

[diggerrick]

its raining here in notts also but only a drizzle,better than nowt though  ;D ;D ;D

[Digeroo]

Very light drizzle for a couple of hours.  Hopefully will stop the flowers falling off my runner beans.  But not much reaching the ground.  We are due for a bit more very soon.  But unfortunately most of the heaviest burst will probably miss us.  So far only about an inch into the water butts.

Supposed to be cooler too and will hopefully dry up this afternoon and dry off the tomatoes so they will be ok too, meant to cover them but forgot.

Great just starting again.

[Alex133]

Pouring down here  :)

[macmac]

Pouring here in WSM and the flipping kitchen roof's leaking  :o

[goodlife]

Hmm >:( Its getting very desperate in here for rain too..and the sky just don't deliver. We had odd spot this morning..literally.. >:(
I can't remember drier summer while I've been living here..18yrs.
My sweetcorn won't grow..potatoes are all finished now and what they produced is very small. Plenty of seed potatoes for next year  ::)
As for rest of the crops..some have done well and others are on stand still.

[grannyjanny]

Well that didn't last long at all :'(.

[Digeroo]

Rain really raining here.  

I think I can hear the grass grow.

[macmac]

'still pouring here and has been since 5am  :)
kitchen roof still drippin'  :(

[cambourne7]

Nothing yesterday when i left to go to the cinema there was thunder and lightening (pretty impressive strikes)  but no rain rain started early this morning and its still raining=-[

[manicscousers]

been pouring here since 6 am  :)

[Morris]

Lovely rain, since early hours this morning, still raining now. So needed, ground was cracked, very happy  ;D ;D

[tricia]

Rain stopped here around 7:30 am after delivering 18mm, filling one water butt and half filling the adjacent one. Too much lush growth where the others are situated to get near enough to check them. I think the 'front' has passed now - still a bit cloudy with the odd spell of sunshine. The veggies have perked up but unfortunately all the flowers on the squashes are full of water (which I have now shaken out) so they probably won't get pollinated. Ah well - the rain was more important, there is still time for more squash flowers and hopefully fruit!

Tricia

[Debs]

Travelling down to surrey at the mo -going through some very heavy rain

[Digeroo]

Good rain for a while but back to the drizzle now. Just about filled one butt from the roof at home.   Nowhere near 18 mm here much more like 4.   Nothing really heavy, will be stopping fairly soon.

I just love watching how the courgettes etc funnel the rain and let it run down the stem until they have had enough when they start to tip it away from the plant. 

And I am thinking of all those lovely runner beans, they seem to set so much better when it rains. 

Forecast is for sunny this afternoon and some wind so hopefully the tomatoes etc will get dried out asap.  I shall go out and take off some leaves to make sure the stems dry out well. 

[goodlife]

We've had now couple of hours sort of misty rain..hardy doing anything.
I think we are suffering for some sort of curse around here..all summer any rain that has been around has failed to do anything..5 miles away..its pouring.. ::) ::)
Aren't clouds suppose to pile up above you when you are cursed..so opposite effect then would be 'blessed'..but it doesn't feel like it.. ::)

[taurus]

suns just appeared.  Water buts half full  ;D ;D

[Debs]

Back  home (North East) my rain butts have overflowed !!
Debs

[Digeroo]

Thanks for send on the sun Taurus, just arrived here.  Now I need to go to lottie and pull some weeding and mulching before more of the little b*****s germinate.