Would be nice, if anyone influential happens to read this. It's
ridiculously dry here! We've had lowering grey/black clouds on several
evenings but not a drop of the hard stuff. Ray dug down several inches
yesterday to plant a large Hedychium and says there wasn't a drop of
moisture to be seen. I crossed the River Dart today at Staverton
Bridge and it's lower than I've ever seen it, a very few inches at most
and there was a large flock of Canada Geese there, too.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-08-13 23:16:52 +0100, Sacha said:

Would be nice, if anyone influential happens to read this. It's
ridiculously dry here! We've had lowering grey/black clouds on several
evenings but not a drop of the hard stuff. Ray dug down several inches
yesterday to plant a large Hedychium and says there wasn't a drop of
moisture to be seen. I crossed the River Dart today at Staverton
Bridge and it's lower than I've ever seen it, a very few inches at most
and there was a large flock of Canada Geese there, too.

Goodness! Someone was listening! We woke up to a lightly damp ground
this morning but now the rain is falling steadily and finely. A couple
of days of this will be very welcome, maybe even a couple more!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Wasn't there heavy rain in the SW within the last 3 weeks? Be grateful for the nice weather and turn the sprinklers on. That's the trouble with places that usually get their rain frequently: they don't make much provision for brief interruptions in service.

On 2013-08-14 11:32:27 +0100, echinosum said:

Sacha;989830 Wrote:
Would be nice, if anyone influential happens to read this. It's
ridiculously dry here! We've had lowering grey/black clouds on several

evenings but not a drop of the hard stuff. Ray dug down several inches

yesterday to plant a large Hedychium and says there wasn't a drop of
moisture to be seen. I crossed the River Dart today at Staverton
Bridge and it's lower than I've ever seen it, a very few inches at most

and there was a large flock of Canada Geese there, too.

Wasn't there heavy rain in the SW within the last 3 weeks? Be grateful
for the nice weather and turn the sprinklers on. That's the trouble
with places that usually get their rain frequently: they don't make much
provision for brief interruptions in service.

We had a couple of days of rain but nothing like some areas which were
actually flooded. If we had nice weather, in the real sense of that
word, we'd probably be quite happy, though watering the greenhouses is
a matter of routine anyway. But we've had several overcast days with
just a bit of sun breaking through, then disappearing, so outdoor
watering has also been necessary. There can't have been much rainfall
on Dartmoor because the river's so low. If it rains on Dartmoor, the
river rises rapidly because of all the run off from streams on the moor
coming down this way.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 13/08/2013 23:16, Sacha wrote:
Would be nice, if anyone influential happens to read this. It's
ridiculously dry here! We've had lowering grey/black clouds on several
evenings but not a drop of the hard stuff. Ray dug down several inches
yesterday to plant a large Hedychium and says there wasn't a drop of
moisture to be seen. I crossed the River Dart today at Staverton
Bridge and it's lower than I've ever seen it, a very few inches at most
and there was a large flock of Canada Geese there, too.

I dug out a couple of concrete fenceposts last weekend. All I can
report is that here in S. Hampshire it was completely dry 75cm down!

--

Jeff

On 14/08/2013 15:50, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-14 11:32:27 +0100, echinosum said:

Sacha;989830 Wrote:
Would be nice, if anyone influential happens to read this. It's
ridiculously dry here! We've had lowering grey/black clouds on several

evenings but not a drop of the hard stuff. Ray dug down several inches

yesterday to plant a large Hedychium and says there wasn't a drop of
moisture to be seen. I crossed the River Dart today at Staverton
Bridge and it's lower than I've ever seen it, a very few inches at most

and there was a large flock of Canada Geese there, too.

Wasn't there heavy rain in the SW within the last 3 weeks? Be grateful
for the nice weather and turn the sprinklers on. That's the trouble
with places that usually get their rain frequently: they don't make much
provision for brief interruptions in service.

We had a couple of days of rain but nothing like some areas which were
actually flooded. If we had nice weather, in the real sense of that
word, we'd probably be quite happy, though watering the greenhouses is a
matter of routine anyway. But we've had several overcast days with just
a bit of sun breaking through, then disappearing, so outdoor watering
has also been necessary. There can't have been much rainfall on
Dartmoor because the river's so low. If it rains on Dartmoor, the river
rises rapidly because of all the run off from streams on the moor coming
down this way.

Whilst over here on the rim of Swansea Bay we had around 5 inches of
rain, and I could have done without this rain for a few more days as it
has put a stop to my site clearance, and the forecast is for more of the
blasted stuff till the start of next week, by when I was expecting to
have almost finished the job.
David @ a damp side of Swansea Bay

Sacha wrote:
Would be nice, if anyone influential happens to read this. It's
ridiculously dry here! We've had lowering grey/black clouds on several
evenings but not a drop of the hard stuff. Ray dug down several inches
yesterday to plant a large Hedychium and says there wasn't a drop of
moisture to be seen. I crossed the River Dart today at Staverton
Bridge and it's lower than I've ever seen it, a very few inches at most
and there was a large flock of Canada Geese there, too.

Sacha wrote:
Would be nice, if anyone influential happens to read this. It's
ridiculously dry here! We've had lowering grey/black clouds on several
evenings but not a drop of the hard stuff. Ray dug down several inches
yesterday to plant a large Hedychium and says there wasn't a drop of
moisture to be seen. I crossed the River Dart today at Staverton
Bridge and it's lower than I've ever seen it, a very few inches at most
and there was a large flock of Canada Geese there, too.