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finally got some rain last night, rained for 4 hours gave the plot a good soaking, all water butts full

sure it's not your jellied eels, ck ?..the sun's shining here  ;D ;D

Steady rain here W of London since 2.30 ish. But still some way to go to fill the waterbutts (which were almost empty when the blessed precipitation began a few days ago.)

Had some fine rain the last two days  ;D we needed it,waterbutts are full  ;D

Nr Milton Keynes.

it's been nice here great yarmouth norfolk but raining now went over lottie earlier to find the weeds have grown but good news so are carrotts spuds and many other veg.

Definitely cornbeef hash Scousers, might wash it down with a can boddingtons, still raining here kidder, see you later co ck.   ;D ;D ;D

We had a heavy shower this afternoon. The soil was looking damp again this morning, at least superficially.

Wait to you go down an inch Robert.  ;D ;D ;D

You're probably right, but it's been raining steadily for several hours now, with no sign of a let-up. I'll check when I can get to the allotment.

if i had a butt, it should have been under the guttering this morning at about 6.30am to save my newly germinated lemon zest calendula from being flattened by something akin to niagra falls.

::)

Crazy extremes. No rain for 6 wks. After a couple of hours drizzle the other day, finally got the rotovator out to prepare the carrot/swede/parsnip/leek beds.
Just got it finished & then non stop rain for (now) 7hrs.
Not complaining as long as one can walk about w/o 6" on the base of the boots whilst sowing.

When will it all stop !!!!!!!!


I need to get on with some planting & its hardy stopped raining/drizzleing now for two and a half days

dont say that you will make the other forum posters angry!!  ;)

we should clarify and say we would like it not to rain for a couple of hours so that you could do some planting and then it can rain again   ;D

It's absolutely p***ing down here and has been for hours. At this rate we'll be on FLOOD ALERT soon.

I dont know you english first its to dry, then its to wet!

My children were beginning to fear for my sanity, the number of times they heard me wishing for rain. By the end of the weekend I'll be back to normal!

Quote from: quizzical1 on May 10, 2007, 23:47:29
It's absolutely p***ing down here and has been for hours. At this rate we'll be on FLOOD ALERT soon.

Same here,  wonderful, has not stopped for last 4 hours and appears to have poured during the night, 4 Butts round the house are overflowing and we have Puddles  no sign of Noah or his Ark, but if this continues (yes please, give us more) he will be along soon ......  ;D

All that said, 2 inches down ground is dust dry

Dunno about rain, although it has been overcast and rainy here for about a week, both rain barrels full, but yesterday we had the most terrifically high winds, I did not go to teh plot this morning, I didn't dare, as I was afraid that everything would be blown away  :-[
Hopefully it will be ok, but we can get some impressive winds here (only 50 km from the Atlantic coast  ;D

Drizzling all day and the winds really getting up.  ??? ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: quizzical1 on May 10, 2007, 23:47:29
It's absolutely p***ing down here and has been for hours. At this rate we'll be on FLOOD ALERT soon.

Then give it a couple of weeks and we'll have a hosepipe ban.