On 30/7/06 20:37, in article ,
"Chris Hogg" wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:39:15 +0100, Sacha wrote:

It rained all day yesterday but a 'soft day' is what, I think, the Irish
would call it. No stair rods, just steady fine rain came our way. It
freshened things up quite a bit but I wonder how much of it went deep down,
where it's most needed by plants.
Today, we have patchy sun, it's still warm but it's windy, unhappily. I do
HATE the wind and its drying and damaging effects. How has everyone else
been doing?

In far West Cornwall, I was looking forward to a really wet day
yesterday with heavy rain, as predicted by our local weather forecast.
But not a bit of it. A few showers and a longer period of light rain,
amounting to a little over a tenth of an inch, and a little more today
giving two tenths in total. That brings the July figure up to just
over an inch, whereas the long term average for our neighbourhood is
two and a quarter inches. And June was almost as deficient. My water
butts are long empty!

A good illustration of how British 'zones' can change quickly in
comparatively small distances! We feel like a sort of climatic Brigadoon at
times because everything forecast for 'our' area doesn't actually happen to
us.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)