I did not know middle England was so bad off for rain fall read in the paper this morning how bad it really is. Got to be honest the ground in pontypridd were I live is water loged its just floating on the top since july last year we have had nothing but rain which we find normal. I honestly hope you all do not lose everything you have put your heart, and sole into. :(
The reservoirs in Kent were down to 40% full before Christmas! .....and we haven't had much since then!
QuoteI did not know middle England was so bad off for rain
You obviously have not been reading my posts I have been going on incessantly about the lack of rain here since last February. I live on the Edge of the Cotswolds and we have had a major lack of rain for 11 months. The surface is wet now but the watertable is still as much lower than normal.
We needed a wet winter to compensate but this has not happened.
We have well water at the lottie so I am really concerned.
Another dry week forecast for Leicestershire.
We had a few days of heavy rain in December but it needs to hiss it down for months to fill the reservoirs around here.
I have been going on incessantly about the lack of rain here since last February
Yep...me too. Soil is wet enough now and waterbutts are full at the moment...but that's only a 'surface'. Reservoirs water level has hardly moved and although we've just had wet week it needs to be wet for weeks to remedy the situation.. ::)
I just had my straw delivery..I'm ready to mulch, mulch, mulch. Now that I'm prepared for keeping soil moist..I bet next summer its going to be 'wettest summer on record'... ::)
Wouldn't you think they would be able to pipe water to places that need it from places like ours which is practically water logged, after all, they can pump oil from very far away. Thank goodness for raised beds :)
It was on the dry side in South Staffs last year but Ithink I remember posting how well the plants had done with little water.
The rain has kicked in here over the last couple of weeks so just got to wait and see.
Digeroo I think we must have your water. I take it the lake by you is no fuller than it was when I visited you last year.
The lake near us is begining to fill up = the water has now reached the bottom of the depth marker post. Yes the top soil is now saturated but there has been nowhere near enough to refill the ground water levels.
The limestone, chalk and gravels hold the water like a sponge and it gradually come out and feed the headwaters of the Thames. Nothing in means nothing to come out.
Like you Goodlife I am planning on mulch mulch mulch. Cardboard, leaves, grass clippings, newspaper.
It is sometime since I have had to resort to syphoning the water out of the bath. Ok for that garden but it will not reach the lottie. ;D
There is apparetnly another La Nina in the South Pacific which was blamed for last years dry spell. So the prediciton is that the dry may continue at least until beginning of June.
Those with Thames water might be interested in this
http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/15145.htm
Watering is a major headache, even with almost 600 gallons water butt capacity I often also hand pump shower water for the garden and wash vegetables in a bowl which goes straight onto plants again. We have 3-4 inch cracks in the ground where the fruit trees are, which haven't closed with recent rains. I must fill them, they are getting dangerous. It seems to have got worse in recent years. Mulching and lots of organic matter is what I do as well, but it never seems enough these days. We regularly have no rain for 6 weeks, even 2 months here in Northants/Beds border. Doesn't mean we have sun though - just cloudy, dry and cold.
In parallel, our gales here seem to have got worse. Climate change I guess :(