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Has being pouring here in Essex all day. Have been working as usual so got totally soaked, but warm and wet - so much so that I did the school run soaked and have now steamed gently to a slightly damp state and haven't bothered to change yet! Cut 5 lawns in the rain, strangely they all looked really good!

Drizzle n downpours all day in sunny Manchester today! Just back from the plot, having managed to do a bit of hand weeding and get myself thoroughly wet n muddy n nettled! Mr D is also all mucky n wet, but did manage to lay in another 2 paths on the original plot, only 1 main one left to go in and it'll be done - apart from laying weed control fabric and bark chippings!

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Blessings
Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby)

'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'!

The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress!
Last updated 26th November2008 - more new piccies!

it's rained in worcestershire all day and from memory it's about this time of year when it all went dreadfully wrong. i'll see caravans floating past the window any minute. FED UP NOW!!!!! someone please tell it to stop.

oooooh! Posh chooks!

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Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

P................................................. .....ersistantly raining!!!!!

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The greatness comes not when things go always good for you,but the greatness comes when you are really tested,when you take,some knocks,some disappointments;because only if youv'e been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Very wet here in Leicester.
Started off this morning light rain, on to moderate rain for the bulk of the day, that about 5ish really heavy downpour, now back to moderate.

Driving conditions quite bad. M1 near here been shut due to 2 pile ups.

Cannot believe its the height of summer.

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Is it summer? Thought I'd been in a coma and woken up in Autumn!!!!!!!

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The greatness comes not when things go always good for you,but the greatness comes when you are really tested,when you take,some knocks,some disappointments;because only if youv'e been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Just typical, this week is enterprise week at our school, year 10 on work experience, year 9 on camp , year 7 and 8, loads of 'fun' activities outdoors. SO much rain! we haven't heard any news from the campers, they've probably been blown away or drowned. Year 7 went to Rochester today, walking around the castle, catherdral and museum. I went last year, great day out when it's fine, wouldn't fancy it today, loads of walking. Year 8 were at an outdoor activities day or at the university doing phorensics and physics. I was so pleased I'd been sent on that one!
At good day out, finger prints, ballistics, lie detectors (could do with one of those installed at school ), fibre detection, then liquid nitrogen and dry ice. Frozen flowers, ice cream and balloons that deflated when frozen and re-inflated when they warmed up.
Got home to flooded path again, I was glad I picked the beans last night, it was bucketing down again!

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I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!

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Just looked outside. Yep, still raining!!

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

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Today for us is supposed to be sunshine and showers so I am hoping to go to the Lottie and pick peas, lettuce, Potatoe's and whatever else is ready.

Sunny morning here. I even opened the greenhouse door!

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A simple dude trying to grow veg.

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Same here, sunny, GH@80c already, just need all the puddles to dry up now

It dried up in late afternon here yesterday, so I was even able to put the washing out for a couple of hours last night!! And harvest in the dry in the garden (rescused a lettuce from slugs and took another handful of mangetout into the fridge for entertaining this weekend).

This morning, I actually needed my sunglasses for driving in to work, but it has since clouded over again. Brightish, so not too thick clouds, but I wouldn't be too sure of no rain all day (left the really wet clothes out though and put the dryer ones on the clothes horse indoors as they have half a chance to dry today!!).

Hi all
Raining here today it started about 8.30 last night and has continued throught the night really heavy about 5.30am woke me up battering off the widow. Sky getting lighter now so maybe it will dry up this afternoon