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The ongoing 'drought'

Hi all,

 

Caught a bit on the telly about the Chelsea flower show and the ongoing drought down south.

Apparently it's been one of the driest Mays on record for you guys.

Just to let you know it has rained pretty much every day for past couple of weeks here in Glasgow and on Friday (May 20th!) the rain stopped for a while to allow for a couple of hailstorms (no really) and apparently it might hail again tomorrow. Long distance forecast is showing rain for pretty much next ten days.

Any chance you guys could club together and send a few refrigerated artics up North and we could ship our hailstones down to you?

 

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    Andy - all hailstones, rain, mist, dew etc gratefully can be sent to Spalding, Lincs. We have JUST had our first rainfall for almost three months!

    The grass is all dying and nothing's growing really.

    Any rain or otherwise would be a benefit - I would gladly loose a few days for some rain!

  • Drought!, i wish we were having a drought in Northern Ireland, Its rained about 12 of the last 14 days here.
  • PRO

    We are so dry down here in Surrey.

     

    A couple of odd rain falls but not enough to get into the soil. We are planting/turfing at moment (commercial work so we have to..) and using valuable resources (guys and water) to keep them all alive....

     

    However tonight looks promising as we get the "edge" of the low pressure storm centred up North.

  • agree, - i'm just down the road from Gary and loathe to do any planting at the moment as the ground is like dust, - any rain dancing gratefully received


    Sorry if you're having the opposite problem and getting soaked, my waterproofs are feeling redundant.


    Gary RK said:

    We are so dry down here in Surrey.

     

    A couple of odd rain falls but not enough to get into the soil. We are planting/turfing at moment (commercial work so we have to..) and using valuable resources (guys and water) to keep them all alive....

     

    However tonight looks promising as we get the "edge" of the low pressure storm centred up North.

  • Plant accordingly to the situation and circumstance.

     

    The South is drier, fact, the South will get drier, disputable fact.

     

    So plant gardens accordingly?

     

    Simples!

  • Hmm, plant according to weather conditions.

    Water lillies?

  • PRO

    Cactii for us then in the South !

     

    Or Plant-less gardens ;-0)

  • PRO
    Peeing rain and lots of high winds/ damage over in the east coast of Scotia, loads of trees down. First real rain for weeks
  • PRO
    Apart from one and a half days of steady drizzle about two weeks ago, Weve had no significant rainfall for so long I can't remember. It's been 28-30c today and will be 34c on Wednesday.

    My neighbour tells me we'll have some heavy stuff on Thursday and Friday.
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