Raining

[happyhumph]

We had some starting about 4.30 yesterday afternoon and on and off most of the night will dig down later to see how far it went...

[Lumpy]

Triple whammy for me.

My leter to Mother Nature on the rant thread worked a bit -
Rain started 9.15 last night. Not heavy but enough to get the path and soil wet.
Damp at 6 when I got up so we must of had a little bit more over night.
Hedgehogs have been using the front water trays as I spotted hog poo in one of them this morning.

Never thought poop could make me so happy!

[lottie dolly]

we had the polka dots,then a damp slabs,but the soil was still dust,booohooo AGAIN,and zilch in the barrels,going to check the plot in a bit.

as regards blight,is it also activated with tap water on the leaves as well as rain,given the right conditions,

[veggiechicken]

There are a few drops of wet stuff here - literally a few drops - but its a start.

..............and a finish. No more rain, not even a few spots, since then. Looks a bit cloudy out - just hoping that a scattered shower will scatter itself over me.

[Bren In Pots]

It's been raining here for the last couple of hours, hopefully it will be enough to make a difference to my veg plot.

It might be wishful thinking but I think they lawn looks like its got a bit of green now, anyway it doesn't feel a crunchy as it did before the rain.

[Baldy]

..............and a finish. No more rain, not even a few spots, since then. Looks a bit cloudy out - just hoping that a scattered shower will scatter itself over me.

perennial sunshiny south Wales comes along and bites one on the derriere

[veggiechicken]

Sssssshhhhhhhhhhh - it's raining.
Not exactly a deluge but a sprinkle.

[bario1]

Prolonged rain last night, sunshine this morning! That's the way we like it

[lottie dolly]

HUUUUU,you lucky little devil,where is my share.

[bikermike]

BBC reckons thunderstorms for us on Friday eve.

… which is great, but I'm away for the weekend, so I can't put out any auxiliary rain collectors.

I'm going to try to put some dams in the drainage ditches round the plot - it's so dry that anything that lands on it will flash off. if I can slow it's egress from the site, I might get some of it to stay.

[bikermike]

meh - no thunderstorms now, only sub-30% chances of showers...

[Bren In Pots]

This morning we had heavy rain and thunder but it was to brief to make that much difference to the garden.

[Nicos]

No doubt we'll have rain in the next few days...our son is over and has booked several outdoor events

[DannyK]

Just started here, distant rumble. Well that didn't last long!

[veggiechicken]

Just driving home and it started to rain - some big spots. Its so long since I've used windscreen wipers that I had to think about which side of the steering wheel they were.
Now home and there is "proper" rain. All trugs and buckets spread out in readiness - Come on Rain. I'm relying on you.