| Page 1 of 2 | 1 | 2 |
|
|
Very welcome rain
Thunderstorms all last night with torrential rain here in Leics.
Perked the veggie plot up no end - no amount of watering is as good as a downpour. Downside was a text from Blight Alert for my postcode..great service, btw, if you grow potatoes. Tina |
Very welcome rain
On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:35:39 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote: Thunderstorms all last night with torrential rain here in Leics. Perked the veggie plot up no end - no amount of watering is as good as a downpour. Downside was a text from Blight Alert for my postcode..great service, btw, if you grow potatoes. Tina Rain, what rain? Pam in Bristol |
Very welcome rain
On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:38:50 PM UTC+1, Pam Moore wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:35:39 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: Thunderstorms all last night with torrential rain here in Leics. Perked the veggie plot up no end - no amount of watering is as good as a downpour. Downside was a text from Blight Alert for my postcode..great service, btw, if you grow potatoes. Tina Rain, what rain? Pam in Bristol Lots of it in NW Bristol Pam, terrific thunderstorm about 03.00hrs this morning with v. heavy rain. Jenny |
Very welcome rain
"Christina Websell" wrote ...
Thunderstorms all last night with torrential rain here in Leics. Perked the veggie plot up no end - no amount of watering is as good as a downpour. Downside was a text from Blight Alert for my postcode..great service, btw, if you grow potatoes. I was woken up in the night by a thunder storm some way away and rain, then when I got up and went to check and we had got 0.9 mm. Later another belt of rain and it went up to 2.3 mm. So not much use for the plants. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
Very welcome rain
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote ... Thunderstorms all last night with torrential rain here in Leics. Perked the veggie plot up no end - no amount of watering is as good as a downpour. Downside was a text from Blight Alert for my postcode..great service, btw, if you grow potatoes. I was woken up in the night by a thunder storm some way away and rain, then when I got up and went to check and we had got 0.9 mm. Later another belt of rain and it went up to 2.3 mm. So not much use for the plants. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Must have had have had a whole lot more than you did then. I have to go under a bridge to get to my plot it was impassible until this a.m until it all drained away. I have a lovely pic somewhere on my computer with a car stuck under the bridge up to he got out via his sunroof as he thought he could beat the water. In the same pic, the fire brigade are there pumping out the water and asking themselves: why if you see deep water under a bridge do you even try it? I am very used to my bridge and I know how much water is safe to plough through. I wish I had a 4x4 and charge them 20 quid to pull them out. The bridge is very deceiving, the road dips down under it and I know very well whether to chance it or take a detour when it's flooded. I might put up the pic on my flickr page so you can see not to chance the bridge with water underneath |
Very welcome rain
|
Very welcome rain
On 2013-07-24 10:32:51 +0100, Martin said:
snip Still have had no rain here. The next rain is forecast for the weekend. Even did the traditional rain dance with a garden hose yesterday evening. It had no effect. Tiny sprinkling of rain overnight but it didn't even wet the ground under overhanging shrubs. Otoh, dark clouds are building up now and it's overcast with the occasional ray of sun. It's still warm too! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
Very welcome rain
"Martin" wrote in message On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:31:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Lots of it in NW Bristol Pam, terrific thunderstorm about 03.00hrs this morning with v. heavy rain. Still have had no rain here. The next rain is forecast for the weekend. Even did the traditional rain dance with a garden hose yesterday evening. It had no effect. This calls for Plan B. Organise a family garden picnic/ barbecue and spend hours preparing special marinades, salads and desserts. Fire up barbie and set out all the goodies in tempting manner. That might work. -- Sue |
Very welcome rain
"Christina Websell" wrote in
: Thunderstorms all last night with torrential rain here in Leics. Perked the veggie plot up no end - no amount of watering is as good as a downpour. Downside was a text from Blight Alert for my postcode..great service, btw, if you grow potatoes. Tina Rain, rain and rain here too. Very nice! Is it a bit late now for potato blight? Baz |
Very welcome rain
"Indigo" wrote in
o.uk: "Martin" wrote in message On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:31:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Lots of it in NW Bristol Pam, terrific thunderstorm about 03.00hrs this morning with v. heavy rain. Still have had no rain here. The next rain is forecast for the weekend. Even did the traditional rain dance with a garden hose yesterday evening. It had no effect. This calls for Plan B. Organise a family garden picnic/ barbecue and spend hours preparing special marinades, salads and desserts. Fire up barbie and set out all the goodies in tempting manner. That might work. That ALWAYS works :( Baz |
Very welcome rain
On 2013-07-24 12:24:08 +0100, Baz said:
"Indigo" wrote in o.uk: "Martin" wrote in message On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:31:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Lots of it in NW Bristol Pam, terrific thunderstorm about 03.00hrs this morning with v. heavy rain. Still have had no rain here. The next rain is forecast for the weekend. Even did the traditional rain dance with a garden hose yesterday evening. It had no effect. This calls for Plan B. Organise a family garden picnic/ barbecue and spend hours preparing special marinades, salads and desserts. Fire up barbie and set out all the goodies in tempting manner. That might work. That ALWAYS works :( Baz No, no. Just wash the car. No need to buy all that barbecue stuff! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
Very welcome rain
"Martin" wrote Inviting the world press to stand on a pavement outside a London hospital for two weeks waiting for the next full moon appears to have worked too. They have to get their own back on the press somehow. Anyway, you might mock. I'll have you know several 'Merican tourists pronounced the event as "Ahhsome" to any available tv person wielding a microphone. -- Sue |
Very welcome rain
On 7/24/2013 7:50 AM, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-07-24 12:24:08 +0100, Baz said: "Indigo" wrote "Martin" wrote Lots of it in NW Bristol Pam, terrific thunderstorm about 03.00hrs this morning with v. heavy rain. Still have had no rain here. The next rain is forecast for the weekend. Even did the traditional rain dance with a garden hose yesterday evening. It had no effect. This calls for Plan B. Organise a family garden picnic/ barbecue and spend hours preparing special marinades, salads and desserts. Fire up barbie and set out all the goodies in tempting manner. That might work. That ALWAYS works :( No, no. Just wash the car. No need to buy all that barbecue stuff! Or hang out a big load of sheets and towels...the rain generally waits until everything is _almost_ completely dry. |
Very welcome rain
Sacha wrote in :
On 2013-07-24 12:24:08 +0100, Baz said: "Indigo" wrote in o.uk: "Martin" wrote in message On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:31:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Lots of it in NW Bristol Pam, terrific thunderstorm about 03.00hrs this morning with v. heavy rain. Still have had no rain here. The next rain is forecast for the weekend. Even did the traditional rain dance with a garden hose yesterday evening. It had no effect. This calls for Plan B. Organise a family garden picnic/ barbecue and spend hours preparing special marinades, salads and desserts. Fire up barbie and set out all the goodies in tempting manner. That might work. That ALWAYS works :( Baz No, no. Just wash the car. No need to buy all that barbecue stuff! That works too! A double whammy. Wash the car and plan a barby. Guarenteed to hiss it down with rain. As it is doing now here. And I mean hissing down. It seems to be all or nothing. But it is very much cooler, and I like that. Baz |
Very welcome rain
No, no. Just wash the car. No need to buy all that barbecue stuff! Well the car was washed this morning for the first time in well over a year, It was OK whilst the dust and pollen etc was spread evenly over it, but the slight shower over night was just enough to streak it and make it look dirty, so we will see, so far it's just getting hotter and the few clouds are getting smaller and fewer, though the rain radar shows showers moving up the coast of Cornwall and Devon and heading for us.. |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:14 AM. |
|
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter