My water butt is empty
 

For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although the
rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have changed
its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Grass is brown and I am browned off ;-)

The ground is hard and dusty as well.

Cheers

Dave R

My water butt is empty
 

In message , David WE Roberts
writes
For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although
the rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have
changed its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Grass is brown and I am browned off ;-)

The ground is hard and dusty as well.

Cheers

Dave R


There you go! That's why the swallows have gone!
--
Gopher .... I know my place!

My water butt is empty
 

On 25 Aug, 14:37, Gopher wrote:
In message , David WE Roberts
writes



For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although
the rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have
changed its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Grass is brown and I am browned off ;-)

The ground is hard and dusty as well.

Cheers

Dave R

There you go! That's why the swallows have gone!
--
Gopher .... I know my place!- Hide quoted text -

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Stolen it...Ba Humbug!!!!
You must ship it in better containers that don't leak it all out over
us here in Wales whilst it is in transit.
David Hill

My water butt is empty
 

Janet Baraclough wrote:

I don't want it any more so you can have it back, send a pipe.


Can I have it please if I connect a pipe from there to Normandy?
The ground is baked hard and cracking here.
Water butt is empty, underground storage tank nearly empty. Next resort
pumping from the well at the other end of our property.

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
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My water butt is empty
 

David in Normandy wrote:
Janet Baraclough wrote:

I don't want it any more so you can have it back, send a pipe.


Can I have it please if I connect a pipe from there to Normandy?
The ground is baked hard and cracking here.
Water butt is empty, underground storage tank nearly empty. Next resort
pumping from the well at the other end of our property.


At least you've got options left. Our well in the courtyard has
dropped below the level I can reach with the pump, about 9m.
The other well is still OK but much too far away, and downhill, to
reach the garden.

-E

My water butt is empty
 

On 2009-08-25 14:18:10 +0100, "David WE Roberts" said:

For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although
the rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have
changed its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Guilty as charged. ;-) We've had a real mix of sun and showers here
but v. sunny and quite hot inside a greenhouse this pm! More cloud
piling up over the hills.

Grass is brown and I am browned off ;-)

The ground is hard and dusty as well.

Cheers

Dave R

I'll see what we can do............ ;-))

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

My water butt is empty
 

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, David WE Roberts wrote:

For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although
the rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have
changed its mind and gone elsewhere.

I've taken the opportunity of a dry auge to water-proof it. It has been
leaking for years and this is the first time it has been empty enough to
do anything about it.

David

--
David Rance
writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

My water butt is empty
 

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
...
The message
from David in Normandy contains these
words:

Janet Baraclough wrote:

I don't want it any more so you can have it back, send a pipe.


Can I have it please if I connect a pipe from there to Normandy?

Of course. I'll just plug this end into a downpipe from the roof.

The ground is baked hard and cracking here.
Water butt is empty, underground storage tank nearly empty. Next resort
pumping from the well at the other end of our property.

Wait till you're bathing in a washing up bowl and turning your
underwear inside out for another day..that's
short of water :- (

Can you cover the soil surface with plastic or carpet, or stones, to
conserve any dew and reduce evaporation?



Which turn of the undies are you on Janet? :-)

Very dry over in my bit of Norfolk.

mark

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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
...
The message
from "David WE Roberts" contains these words:

For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although the
rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have changed
its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Yes, I stole almost a foot of it in the last 10 days.

I don't want it any more so you can have it back, send a pipe.

Janet (Arran)

There you go: "|"
[Obscure computing joke which will warm the cockles of the nerdish heart
:-) ]

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David WE Roberts wrote:

There you go: "|"
[Obscure computing joke which will warm the cockles of the nerdish heart
:-) ]

Groan. I think you should chr(27) while you still can and never chr(13).
If you hear someone ring the chr(7) don't chr(6) it! :-)

Anyway. Having done a chr(12) and chr(10) it is time to feed myself.
Bye for now chr(4).

--
David in Normandy.
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subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
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David Rance wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, David WE Roberts wrote:

For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although
the rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have
changed its mind and gone elsewhere.

I've taken the opportunity of a dry auge to water-proof it. It has been
leaking for years and this is the first time it has been empty enough to
do anything about it.

David

Where do you live Dave E? We will all go there for our holidays!

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My water butt is empty
 

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Broadback wrote:

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up
although the rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have
changed its mind and gone elsewhere.

I've taken the opportunity of a dry auge to water-proof it. It has
been leaking for years and this is the first time it has been empty
enough to do anything about it.
David

Where do you live Dave E?

Dave E? Who's he?

David

--
David Rance
writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

My water butt is empty
 

David Rance wrote:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Broadback wrote:

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up
although the rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have
changed its mind and gone elsewhere.

I've taken the opportunity of a dry auge to water-proof it. It has
been leaking for years and this is the first time it has been empty
enough to do anything about it.
David

Where do you live Dave E?

Dave E? Who's he?

David


There are just too many Davids and Davis's in Normandy. ;-)

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In article ,
says...
For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although the
rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have changed
its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Grass is brown and I am browned off ;-)

The ground is hard and dusty as well.

Cheers

Dave R



I hope you took cover while typing that! we have had barely a weeks sun
all summer and have had rain every single day since June
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

My water butt is empty
 

On 2009-08-26 12:48:12 +0100, Charlie Pridham
said:

In article ,
says...
For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although the
rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have changed
its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Grass is brown and I am browned off ;-)

The ground is hard and dusty as well.

Cheers

Dave R



I hope you took cover while typing that! we have had barely a weeks sun
all summer and have had rain every single day since June

It's strong winds and almost constant rain here today. Yesterday was
pretty good but it's back into autumnal mode today.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon