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Default Rain on the way at last for East Anglia

I realise the west side of the country has already had plenty of rain, but
over here on the lump it seems to have missed us so far.

The crops in general and lawns in particular are looking parched at the
moment; more like you would expect at the start of August.

Hopefully a good day of rain will perk everything up. The farmers should
be happy as all the grain harvesting seems to be over.

Cheers


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Default Rain on the way at last for East Anglia

On 15/09/16 21:23, David Hill wrote:
On 15/09/2016 18:21, Janet wrote:
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I realise the west side of the country has already had plenty of rain,


That's one way of putting it. Yesterday I picked some peas which had
sprouted roots in the pods.

but
over here on the lump it seems to have missed us so far.


Send me a long enough hosepipe and I'll pipe you a supply.

Janet, Isle of Arran.

Here overlooking Swansea Bay we have had almost 4 inches in the last 2
weeks, with the water running off the fields above me, the ground is at
capacity.
It's the worst year I have ever had for runner beans, 6 sowings and I
have just had 2 pickings, after this last lot of rain the ones I am
picking have shed almost every leaf, My last sowing which should now be
around 3 to 4ft tall still haven't started to climb, so I am going to
lift some of them and grow them on inside in the bags I used for potatoes.
Nothing to loose.
David on the waterlogged side of Swansea Bay


It is quite remarkable how the rainfall varies in the British Isles.
Down here in south Hampshire, we are almost in drought conditions. Total
rainfall in the last 10 weeks is around 80mm, with a third of that
falling in one day (when, of course, it just runs off the baked clay).
Last night we had 8mm! Hooray! The problem of lack of rain is compounded
by a near 20m ash at the rear of our back garden, and a similar sized
beech in our neighbour's garden on the boundary with ours.

I have been watering with a hose at least once a week for the last
couple of months. It takes around 1.5 - 2 hours to do the back garden
alone. I don't know how many thousand of litres I've used over that
time. I daren't look at the water meter!

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