Hose out already

Well, the rain dance worked... We have rain!

 

Still no rain.. it's been raining in Cardiff and Barry though

 

The rain radar map will show you when the rain is due . Looks like Surrey is getting some welcome rain now.
rain UK - rain Ireland - rain Scotland - rain Wales - 5 minute rainradar UK and Ireland, where will it rain today and rain now?

 

Only used the hose up till now for topping up the pond and filling water butts.( for use on pots etc.)
Very rarely water the garden as such, sometimes the veg if things get really dry at crucial times for anything in particular.

I'd certainly not pump gallons of water on beds and borders it's pretty much pointless and downright expensive in my opinion.
This is the UK folks and it always rains at some point.

 

Just sat in the blow away with a cuppa and watched the rain roll in, was very peaceful

 

Been watering the garden for a while now as no rain also. What with the sun we have had I have been watering every other day.
Not sure if it is related but my passion flower which is about 10 years old and one of my clematis next to it are looking very sad. The leaves on passion flower are going all brown and looks like dying,the clematis also looks sad. I did read that the passion flower likes its head in the sun and feet in damp conditions.
I think the dry conditions are what is causing my problems. Still last night we had some very heavy rain for about 2 hours and some rain today. Hopefully we will have a lot more. I did hear the dreaded D word mentioned on the tv a few days ago. They say plenty of water at moment but are monitoring the situation so it could be watering cans only this summer.
Last time we had to use watering cans I purchased a unit which fills 4 watering cans at same time,saved a lot of time.

 

We got a nice steady drizzle from late morning to mid afternoon . Just what the lawns needed. I reseeded and top dressed my front lawn today. Night temps are up to 10°c and light showers daily for the next week. So perfect for grass seed - I hope !

 

Had a really good downpour this afternoon. Lasted about 45 minutes and has left puddles on the lawn, which is so dry it is cracking.

Rusty