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    BBC fails to deliver the rain .... again ....

    It's been pretty dry recently and I've been struggling to keep up with veggies due to arthritis ...... i've lost some because I haven't been physically able to water everything ......

    so on Thursday, the BBC weather forecast was for thunder storms overnight and Friday afternoon ....... fantastic! no need for me to water everything!

    WRONG!

    just a shower overnight ....... and Friday was dry as a bone and very hot ..... and today is hot and dry too ......

    BBC weather forecast online is for light showers this evening ...... do I trust the BBC weather???? sods law says if i don't then it won't rain, but if i do, we'll get lots of rain .......

    do i? don't i? do i? don't i?
    http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com
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    Sounds like we had your share and some...............
    Hayley B

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    • #3
      could you send some down this way please? i'm struggling here and don't want to lose any more veggies!!
      http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com

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      • #4
        Sympathies FG, watering is something I'm struggling with too
        Have you looked at the other forecasts? Metcheck is usually more accurate for us than BBC.

        Would it be possible to rig up some kind of irrigation from your water butts? I know the taps on some of them can take a hose fitting...

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        • #5
          My water butts are empty again
          My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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          • #6
            My butts are empty, the soil is dry on top but quite moist underneath. I'm watering into pop bottles as needed (the chick peas and lettuce had a drink).

            We were forecast rain again today, but it's been hot, humid and foggy instead. Again.

            Just re-checked:
            BBC and Google both say rain. Metcheck says not.
            however, Metcheck says it's 16C, but it's actually 19C.

            hopeless, the lot of em.
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              I'll send the rain over with Squashysu then

              We had a small shower this morn but it's seriously humid at the moment. The storm yesterday was really a match for any monsoon..........
              Hayley B

              John Wayne's daughter, Marisa Wayne, will be competing with my Other Half, in the Macmillan 4x4 Challenge (in its 10th year) in March 2011, all sponsorship money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, please sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/Mac4x4TeamDuke'

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              • #8
                Originally posted by HayleyB View Post
                I'll send the rain over with Squashysu then

                We had a small shower this morn but it's seriously humid at the moment. The storm yesterday was really a match for any monsoon..........
                errr Hayley, he can find his own rain! lol! (what you implying?? lol) we had shed loads yesterday and i think it must of filled the water butts by double it hacked it for hours!!! but its been lovely all day there today

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                • #9
                  so i went to the allotment ..... watered the stuff that hasn't dried out or been eaten by pigeons ..... 5 mins later a rumble of thunder and the first drops of rain .......
                  http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com

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                  • #10
                    No rain here despite parts of devon getting thunderstorms.
                    Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
                    and ends with backache

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Farmer_Gyles View Post
                      so i went to the allotment ..... watered the stuff that hasn't dried out or been eaten by pigeons ..... 5 mins later a rumble of thunder and the first drops of rain .......
                      We had about 20 drops and that was it......we could have had thunder but its air show weekend...so its dificult to tell between sonic booms and thunder.
                      My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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                      • #12
                        not a thing in Woking, OH did get wet in Legoland today though.
                        Kernow rag nevra

                        Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.
                        Bob Dylan

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                        • #13
                          I've been filling up my waterbutts with the hose for weeks now, we had a little shower today. Just enough to wet the washing whilst i was out.!
                          Blogging at..... www.thecynicalgardener.wordpress.com

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                          • #14
                            It's wombledon fortnight it should be hammering it down.
                            The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
                            Brian Clough

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                            • #15
                              Very humid here in Preston, but lots of heavy downpours as well. Dexter barks his head off when it bounces off the roof of the lean-to. (for those of you who are posh - conservatory!)
                              Bernie aka DDL

                              Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things

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