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Windy and warm today.  Sowed some peas yesterday and the soil was so dry it was blowing up as dust in my face.  Nothing into the water butts for nearly two months. 

Now just waiting for the rain, due in about an hour. 

First proper rain since January bu only a 40 minute downpour.  Better than nowt but more please.   Want to start planing in the new potager and start on some new ornamental beds.

12:30 rain due in an hour, 13:30 rain due in an hour, 14.30 rain due in an hour.
15:30 no rain due for next two hours.  What?  Where's my rain?
Nothing not even a drop.   

Be patient, I think its coming. See
www.meteo.fr
for current situation, rain right across France, from Marseilles up  Wind is south easterly so Ive got my fingers rossed, and the wellies on the mat. Stand pipe on stand -by!

Bright sunny morning, no wind, lovely 

With all the rain from Sunday and Monday, the water butts are full. Skies are bright and it's quite breezy. Sunshine is forecast for this afternoon so I just might plant out some tomatoes (with protection) .

Tricia

somerset. Grey all day, windy cold. We had 10mm of rain in a whole 8 weeks but enough to re-fill the water butts. Now getting drier by the day, it`s the wind

Cloudy with a chilly wind but still no rain and none is forecast its been a very dry spring and with water cut off on the allotment, we have been told that it may be back on this month, and with the greenhouse full waiting to go out it has not been easy

Warm and sunny today, really windy last night and rain looked imminent, but as usually just lately it blew over. Supposed to rain tonight but I'm not counting on it and have watered the newly planted stuff.

here on the sunshine coast windy really really windy and sunny wind is easing slightly now due for a cold night on tuesday/wednesday down to 3  so not planting out until thurs then set fair min night temp 9/10 degrees

Quite relieved that it's cool and less windy today- yesterday was hot and windy, plants really dried out. Still no rain in the forecast, though. 

It's turned cold here around Leicester, intermittent drizzle meant I was unable to cut the hedge & mow the lawn today.

I even kept the greenhouse closed up.

It rained all night, first rain for at least 6 weeks, I planted loads yesterday so I'm happy.

Hope some gets up here!

Hi Ya, bit overcast here currently, ground was damp this morning but we have only had a bit of drizzle not even enough to show on the rain gauge or damp the dust fully. More showers forecast but hit and miss so more likely to miss. If it does rain I bet it will be a torrent and run of before it will soak in. Even the farmers round us are wishing for rain its so dry. In fact looking outside the ground is dry already. Still heres hoping as I plants to put out but have been holding off. Fingers croessed and rain dance underway 

We had some rain overnight 

Quote from: AnnieD on May 12, 2017, 10:28:00
We had some rain overnight 

So did we - so welcome. 

Rain all am yesterday. Dull overcast so far today, but now the sun is poking through now and again so hope the skies will clear. My four raised beds are all planted up now - squashes, tomatoes, sweet corn, courgettes and salad stuff. French beans doing well in tubs, as are strawberries.

Tricia

A bit of drizzle thats all this afternoon hardly wet the paving

rain last night  the last 4 days 18 degrees day 8to 10 night great for hardening off some of my tomato plants