Anyone hoping for rain ?

We have a small rectangle of 'lawn' now, the rest has been given over to borders. Much less work...actually, I suppose it isn't, but a lot more fun work and more fun than having to cut the grass all the time. I'd dig it up altogether but my OH likes to see some grass in the garden. Personally, I'd dig it up and replace with clinker/gravel paths meandering through more flower beds...

 

Don't worry, Aaron. As the patch of grass gets smaller, in the end it goes away all on its own. My OH eventually got fed up with having a small dust bowl in the summer and a swamp in the winter and replaced the 'lawn' with a nice brick path. Much better.

 

Replaced mine with bark chippings, when OH moaned I just asked her when she had ever cut the lawn. Arguement over.

 

Here in my bit of Kent, we've had no rain (to speak of) for about 5 weeks. They keep forecasting it, but more in hope than expectation I think. Yes, I've woken up to the sound of it during the night once or twice, but next morning a quick 'finger test' and a cm., down it's still dry as bone.

Doesn't the rain god realise that even my new 'drought tolerant' plants need to some water until they're established? A new bit of seaweed is what's needed I feel.

 

Rain didn't even touch the ground here last night.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2009/08/01/edible-desert-plants-barrel-cactus-fruit/

This might be the way forward

 

I'm doing a bit more encroaching into the 'lawn' tomorrow - only by a foot (possibly less), but it all helps...

The upper part of the garden has another grass bit, but it seems to have been agreed that this won't be regrassed because in winter it turns into a swamp and in summer...well at the moment there is a huge crack across it! Just got to decide what to put down there instead - wood chips, gravel, clinker...it's a small area, 4 x 4 foot, perfect for an old garden chair, cuppa and a spot of time wasting watching the chickens...

 

The Gods shall not subtract from the span of a Mans life, the hours spent watching chickens.

 

It's dry here this morning... first time in days and days! So fed up of the rain!

 

Well it's pouring here now. All of a sudden, just after I went out into the garden to do some work. I bet it's because I gave the garden a thorough soaking yesterday afternoon.

 

I don't believe this. This morning I drove 8 miles to my daughter's home - puddles, wet cars, huge drips from tree branches. Having returned to our village, I then drove 4 miles in the opposite direction (on an errand for my elderly neighbour), most of it along country lanes where I had to negotiate huge puddles. I return to my neighbour who assures me, he's spent the entire day - since 8.45 this morning - sitting happily in the sunshine in his garden. Has someone erected a roof over our village and not told us? Or is it saving itself to deluge on the wedding we're supposed to be attending on Saturday?

 

It was very heavy...for a short space of time. Not the sort of light summer rain you can continue working in - this was a downpour.

Back to being sunny again. You have to admit, we're finally getting a decent summer At least down here!

 

Here in Rochester we had a few drops of rain and then it was back to another boring sunshiney day.

 

I've got the same scenario as Fidgetsmum. Only a small village, dry at my end, went down the shop, bottom end of village has got huge puddles.