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I have a small, potager section just outside my back door, which was starting to come lovely. All my little gem lettuces had about 6 leaves on them and looking great. Then yesterday we had such torrential rain that the guttering on the roof couldn't cope and the area was deluged by water. Now all my lettuce look drowned and flat on the floor, I do so hope they recover.

Oh no Mikey If the sun comes out, they might just pick themselves up? I'll cross my fingers for you.

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i'm trying to plant seedings out, but the flipping stuff keeps trying to drown me

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All fingers crossed hoping when I get home later, they are all stood to attention, with bright smiles on their faces.

rain?whats that.we certainly could do with some.We had a bit last night which is good, but under neath its bone dry!Gonna do a rain dance.

Move to Wales Jilly, we have some spare!!

it's the same in leicester jilly,not enough to a lot of good,done the rain dance no good

I'm gardening in dust.

Fingers crossed for your lettuce. I'm personally loving the rain because I seeded some bare patches and fed my grass at the weekend and its filling out nicely.

We had another five minute shower today ~ didn't do any more than dampen down the dust.
We've not had proper rain for how long? The ground is like concrete. My plants aren't suffering though ... the potato foliage was a bit wilty so I watered their roots (I've sunk upturned milk bottles in my veg plot so I water the roots not the soil).

The newly transplanted kale and squash had a drink too, but I don't water my onions or flowers at all.

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re lettuces mine do not look too good - all that work etc looks like they will be thrown.

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whooo.its raining ha ha .oh, its stopped.Would love to move to wales,i love it so much that i go on about it,so much so that my best mate moved there! very annoying,then another mate m oved there as well ! so mikeywills,dont tempt me.Oh by the way someone suggested a trip to the local riding school on here.Today i did just that and got two great big sacks of well rotted manure,going again tomorrow.Suns out now.better do some more outside.

come to scotland we've plenty!!! Had about two weeks sunny and hot at beginning of June thankfully I was on hols then now have had rain every day for about a week heavy showers

now i've come in like a drowned rat ....... the sun has come out grrrrrrrrrr

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Lettuces have perked up no end, I've lost a few which were broken, but the majority lifted their battered heads of the ground in yesterdays sunshine. Yay, we've had a lot of rain over the last three days, so there has been no need at all to water. With every silver lining comes a black cloud, slug and weed duties have increased 10 fold.

Glad they recovered, Mikey. I know how you feel. All my seedlings looked fabulous before the high winds destroyed the greenhouse in March. I'd spent hours sowing and caring for them all and it was soul-destroying! I'll never buy a PVC greenhouse again! Must be hard dodging the rain in Wales and Ireland!

I'm no rain dodger, I'm a Pisces.

it's been lovely and sunny today, i got all my herbs planted out ..... it's so exciting innit

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suns out here too. Moved old slabs from front garden to back, to be recycled to make a patio area, more to do tomorrow although forcast is heavy rain Happybunny hoed round the vegs and sowed more spring onions maybe some of this batch might make it to the kitchen happybunny usually picks one everytime she's in th garden