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Local flooding
My whole garden is under water now. That surprises me because the garden is
light soil and quite deep too, 1.5m I dug earlier years to take out tree stumps. More heavy rain over the 5 day period is forecast! Looks like the potatoes, peas and broad beans are nakt now, not mentioning resowing/planting when its dry enough to do so. Very. very depressing. What is more depressing is that if it continues to p**s down the house's ground floor will most likely be under water. My grandkids who live nearby think it is great. The magic of youth! Baz |
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:16:47 GMT, Baz wrote:
My whole garden is under water now. That surprises me because the garden is light soil and quite deep too, 1.5m I dug earlier years to take out tree stumps. More heavy rain over the 5 day period is forecast! Looks like the potatoes, peas and broad beans are nakt now, not mentioning resowing/planting when its dry enough to do so. Very. very depressing. What is more depressing is that if it continues to p**s down the house's ground floor will most likely be under water. My grandkids who live nearby think it is great. The magic of youth! Baz Is it really that bad? I hope not. ISTR you laid a lot of cardboard down and covered it. Has it rotted or is it still there acting as a barrier to drainage? There's cardboard and cardboard of course. Thin stuff would disappear quickly but if you spread the thick stuff that is supposed to (but doesn't) protect something the size of a patio table from the ravages of transit it may be there still and the roots of your plants may be protected a bit if you planted through it. The year before she died, my mum's veg patch was flooded around this time of year and again at the end of May, thanks to a blocked drain up the hill and round the bend sort of thing, but she had a bumper crop of everything. When I sold the house a year later, the estate agent made much of the established raspberries, rhubarb and other stuff waiting to be harvested so the flood didn't do that much damage. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. |
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Jake wrote in
: Is it really that bad? I hope not. ISTR you laid a lot of cardboard down and covered it. Has it rotted or is it still there acting as a barrier to drainage? There's cardboard and cardboard of course. Thin stuff would disappear quickly but if you spread the thick stuff that is supposed to (but doesn't) protect something the size of a patio table from the ravages of transit it may be there still and the roots of your plants may be protected a bit if you planted through it. The year before she died, my mum's veg patch was flooded around this time of year and again at the end of May, thanks to a blocked drain up the hill and round the bend sort of thing, but she had a bumper crop of everything. When I sold the house a year later, the estate agent made much of the established raspberries, rhubarb and other stuff waiting to be harvested so the flood didn't do that much damage. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. Jake, it is not just my garden. When I say local I mean post code local. All the area is at least soggy, and some areas are under water. The roads are full of water, not yet flooded, but by tomorrow might be if it keeps on raining. My respect to your mother. Cheers Baz |
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