This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless shower
in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment since we put
in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March. For us, watering
in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of stuff planted we are
watering almost daily as if it's the height of summer, even plants that
should cope like old currant bushes are having to be watered, and the ground
is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

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Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment since
we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March. For us,
watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of stuff
planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of summer, even
plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having to be watered,
and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Similar situation, BUT, according to the weather forecast, we are due for a
downpour this afternoon.

Did you see my posting reference our water butts? """Ash before Oak, in for
a soak""" 21/04/2011

Mike


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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ...

This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless shower
in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment since we put
in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March. For us, watering
in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of stuff planted we are
watering almost daily as if it's the height of summer, even plants that
should cope like old currant bushes are having to be watered, and the ground
is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Had half an inch of rain here in South Cheshire last night - accompanied by
thunder and lightning which severely upset our dog - and the garden
certainly looks a lot fresher

Jeanne

On 04/23/2011 09:40 AM, Bob Hobden wrote:
This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment
since we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March.
For us, watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of
stuff planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of
summer, even plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having
to be watered, and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

Certainly miserable in Normandy. Dry as a bone. Thundering now, I took
the car to the car wash as a sort of incantation.

Water butt is about empty, we'll be pumping from the well soon.

They say this year is dryer than the legendary '76.

-E

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On 04/23/2011 09:40 AM, Bob Hobden wrote:
This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment
since we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March.
For us, watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of
stuff planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of
summer, even plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having
to be watered, and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

Certainly miserable in Normandy. Dry as a bone. Thundering now, I took
the car to the car wash as a sort of incantation.

Water butt is about empty, we'll be pumping from the well soon.

They say this year is dryer than the legendary '76.

-E

and '76?

I was in Camp Hill Prison ;-) waiting for planning permission for an
extension on my house. This was granted in September .................. when
the skies opened :-((

Mike


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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On 04/23/2011 09:40 AM, Bob Hobden wrote:
This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment
since we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March.
For us, watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of
stuff planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of
summer, even plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having
to be watered, and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

Certainly miserable in Normandy. Dry as a bone. Thundering now, I took
the car to the car wash as a sort of incantation.

Water butt is about empty, we'll be pumping from the well soon.

They say this year is dryer than the legendary '76.

-E

and '76?

I was in Camp Hill Prison ;-) waiting for planning permission for an
extension on my house. This was granted in September ..................
when the skies opened :-((

Mike


I should add, and before the clique pass comment, I was teaching in Camp
Hill Prison ;-))

:-))

Mike

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On 23/04/2011 18:38, 'Mike' wrote:

I was in Camp Hill Prison ;-) waiting for planning permission for an
extension on my house. This was granted in September .................. when
the skies opened :-((

Mike



So you got permission for a bigger cell then! LOL

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On 04/24/2011 06:36 PM, David in Normandy wrote:
On 23/04/2011 18:38, 'Mike' wrote:

I was in Camp Hill Prison ;-) waiting for planning permission for an
extension on my house. This was granted in September
.................. when
the skies opened :-((

Mike



So you got permission for a bigger cell then! LOL


Heh. Took a tour of the submarine USS Growler last week in NY, we
commented on how hard it would be to live in such cramped quarters for
months on end without seeing the sun. The guy in front of me quipped:
"I just got out of prison after 6 years. When the judge handed out
sentence I said 'But I'll never last for more than a few months without
going crazy', and he replied 'Don't worry, just get through the first
few months and I'll help you with the rest' ". (Well it was funny at
the time while climbing through the bulkhead...)

-E

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On 04/24/2011 06:36 PM, David in Normandy wrote:
On 23/04/2011 18:38, 'Mike' wrote:

I was in Camp Hill Prison ;-) waiting for planning permission for an
extension on my house. This was granted in September
.................. when
the skies opened :-((

Mike



So you got permission for a bigger cell then! LOL


Heh. Took a tour of the submarine USS Growler last week in NY, we
commented on how hard it would be to live in such cramped quarters for
months on end without seeing the sun. The guy in front of me quipped:
"I just got out of prison after 6 years. When the judge handed out
sentence I said 'But I'll never last for more than a few months without
going crazy', and he replied 'Don't worry, just get through the first
few months and I'll help you with the rest' ". (Well it was funny at
the time while climbing through the bulkhead...)

-E

:-))

I was in New York last September on a cruise on the pier alongside USS
Growler but didn't have time to go on board. Will go back to NY at some time
or other and that is a 'must'.

Did achieve two "WANTS" whilst I was there. Wanted to walk in Central Park
and just HAD to hail a Yellow Cab :-) Did both :-) Then cruised up the
Eastern Seaboard to Canada. Was just too early for the 'Fall' in New England
:-(( Another must!! However the next cruise is the Baltic with St Petersburg
one of the two night stop overs.

Back to our subs, was invited to do a tour of H.M.S.Vanguard, the Nuke
Trident sub a few years back. She is massive. Three decks with ordinary
'stairs'. Had a conducted tour over the complete boat then went to sea,
dived, dined and when surfaced again, climbed to the Conning Tower :-)) Long
vertical climb!!

It's not what you know, it's who you know ;-)

Mike
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"Emery Davis" wrote ...

Bob Hobden wrote:
This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment
since we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March.
For us, watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of
stuff planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of
summer, even plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having
to be watered, and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

Certainly miserable in Normandy. Dry as a bone. Thundering now, I took
the car to the car wash as a sort of incantation.

Water butt is about empty, we'll be pumping from the well soon.

They say this year is dryer than the legendary '76.

......................
This evening there was a thunder storm all around and we got just a few rain
drops, not enough to wet the patio. Went out later and less than half a mile
away there were large puddles in the road, so frustrating.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

On 04/23/2011 11:49 PM, Bob Hobden wrote:


"Emery Davis" wrote ...

Bob Hobden wrote:
This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment
since we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March.
For us, watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of
stuff planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of
summer, even plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having
to be watered, and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

Certainly miserable in Normandy. Dry as a bone. Thundering now, I took
the car to the car wash as a sort of incantation.

Water butt is about empty, we'll be pumping from the well soon.

They say this year is dryer than the legendary '76.

.....................
This evening there was a thunder storm all around and we got just a few
rain drops, not enough to wet the patio. Went out later and less than
half a mile away there were large puddles in the road, so frustrating.


Same here. Enough so the car doesn't look as good. More boomers today
but only a couple of drops.

On 24/04/2011 19:22, Emery Davis wrote:
On 04/23/2011 11:49 PM, Bob Hobden wrote:


"Emery Davis" wrote ...

Bob Hobden wrote:
This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment
since we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March.
For us, watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of
stuff planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of
summer, even plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having
to be watered, and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

Certainly miserable in Normandy. Dry as a bone. Thundering now, I took
the car to the car wash as a sort of incantation.

Water butt is about empty, we'll be pumping from the well soon.

They say this year is dryer than the legendary '76.

.....................
This evening there was a thunder storm all around and we got just a few
rain drops, not enough to wet the patio. Went out later and less than
half a mile away there were large puddles in the road, so frustrating.


Same here. Enough so the car doesn't look as good. More boomers today
but only a couple of drops.

Not even a couple of drops in this part of Normandy.
I already emptied the water butts and am now on the underground tank.
After that it is the well.
Summer certainly came early this year. My tomatoes are basking outside
in the sun as are the courgettes. Runner beans are coming up. Without
watering the garden would be a dust-bowl by now.

I started logging the rainfall this year starting in March:
13/03/2011 3 mm
14/03/2011 3 mm
31/03/2011 6 mm
13/04/2011 2 mm

None since then.


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On 04/23/2011 09:40 AM, Bob Hobden wrote:
This drought is getting serious now.
We have had no proper rain for two months with only one small useless
shower in that time that I can remember. Been watering our allotment
since we put in the Shallots and Onion sets in the beginning of March.
For us, watering in March and April is unheard of! Now we have a lot of
stuff planted we are watering almost daily as if it's the height of
summer, even plants that should cope like old currant bushes are having
to be watered, and the ground is bone dry to quite a depth.
How is everyone else coping?

Certainly miserable in Normandy. Dry as a bone. Thundering now, I took
the car to the car wash as a sort of incantation.

Water butt is about empty, we'll be pumping from the well soon.

They say this year is dryer than the legendary '76.


Yup, been very dry here in mid Cambridgeshire, have had one very brief
shower a few weeks ago that has been it since the last proper rain
sometime in Feb. Much watering of course. Though it seems less of an
issue down here generally, than it was in Leeds when it's dry,
presumably because it's always very dry here anyway, so the water system
etc. is better able to cope?

Could well be dryer so far than '76, though the problems that year were
compounded by the 75 being pretty dry as well IIRC.

I'm surprised there has not been more a stories in the press about this
as it must already be impacting on the water in reservoirs etc?
--
Chris French

Though when you were in Leeds, it was before they upgraded the water system, wasn't it? They had a system installed when they thought it impossible to have a drought in W Yorks, and it was very good at taken water away, but there was no way of getting any water into the region.

I think we've had about a fortnight of dry weather (I've been away, so am reliant on hearsay). It's certainly quite dry here - Amelanchier and fritillary petals drying on the flower rather than falling. But I've not felt a need to water the garden, and last night it appears to have rained quite hard.

"kay" wrote in message
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chris French;918803 Wrote:

Though it seems less of an
issue down here generally, than it was in Leeds when it's dry,
presumably because it's always very dry here anyway, so the water system

etc. is better able to cope?


Though when you were in Leeds, it was before they upgraded the water
system, wasn't it? They had a system installed when they thought it
impossible to have a drought in W Yorks, and it was very good at taken
water away, but there was no way of getting any water into the region.

I think we've had about a fortnight of dry weather (I've been away, so
am reliant on hearsay). It's certainly quite dry here - Amelanchier and
fritillary petals drying on the flower rather than falling. But I've not
felt a need to water the garden, and last night it appears to have
rained quite hard.




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kay

""Amelanchier and fritillary petals drying on the flower rather than
falling"" now that is odd because even though it has been dry here, ours
shed their petals all over the bird bath in one case, but an interesting, I
hope, question. Do yours send up suckers which are true trees to follow on?
We only bought one, but now have three and there is a wonderful sucker
coming on one of them which we will 'nurse' and pass on to our daughter who
has a 2 acre walled landscaped garden, but with room for more substantial
plants ..... :-( especially when a couple of Horse Chestnuts are taken out.

Mike
South East Coast of the Isle of Wight

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