Ahhh! The rain has come!

We finally have rain and reduced temperatures today. After a week of high ninety and 100 degree days, we have some relief. My trees look happier

Here too, except we only reached 37° (Celsius), which is exceptional in our region.

I must go and buy champagne for this evening's barbecue, I'll have to wear jeans and shoes instead of the shorts and sandals I've been in for two weeks...

oh we wish !

we had shower on wedneday night and its supposed to rain today ,but its 28c and no sign of relenting. plus we cant use the hose to water because of the ban

tim stubbs wrote:oh we wish !

we had shower on wedneday night and its supposed to rain today ,but its 28c and no sign of relenting. plus we cant use the hose to water because of the ban

Quite brown for an English lawn. I remember a photo you posted when it was flooded near the clothes-line, that's a big difference now...

My little piece of Paradise just after the rain stopped :



Not as well tended as yours. i suppose a garden is the image of the gardener. This one is a bit wild, and even sometimes a bit hard to keep under control...

Now, it's in the 30s C again, and with the humidity, it's like an open-air hammam!

I must find back that spray against mosquitoes for tonight, or they'll have a share of champagne and kebabs too...

I could certainly show you browner here in the South West of England. Never known anything like it.

Bring on the rain....perlease.

Mike

Well it's been absolutely bouncing down here since about 4pm. I have already heard some people complaining about what a rubbish summer it's been - this despite high temperatures, sunshine (I have a tan FGS!) and the driest spell in 70 years! Aint no pleasing some folk.

AlainK wrote: I'll have to wear jeans and shoes instead of the shorts and sandals I've been in for two weeks...

Alain - have you been wearing the same pair of shorts for two weeks? How very, as we say in Glasgow, minging.

My lawn has never looked like this before. Leaves on my Willow are falling as if it were Autumn.

will baddeley wrote:My lawn has never looked like this before. Leaves on my Willow are falling as if it were Autumn.

Will, I noticed some Tulip Trees in the woods (some call Tulip Poplar) that were all "Fall" yellow today.

tim stubbs wrote:oh we wish !

we had shower on wedneday night and its supposed to rain today ,but its 28c and no sign of relenting. plus we cant use the hose to water because of the ban

Tim, how are you keeping your trees hydrated?
Todd

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tim stubbs wrote:oh we wish !

we had shower on wedneday night and its supposed to rain today ,but its 28c and no sign of relenting. plus we cant use the hose to water because of the ban

Tim, how are you keeping your trees hydrated?
Todd

by watering can ( please note this MR united utilities) the larger trees morning and night , the shohin are in semi shade and will get a sprinkle during the day . the pines and junipers are loving this weather , full sun from 05:30 till 19:00 , although two ofthe larch have been moved to semi shade as they soon droop in the heat

tim

after 4 days of rain , up to 60mm in one day 5 miles down the road , the garden has changed to this


and we still have a hose pipe ban

Same in central Maryland. Haven't had to mow my lawn in a month and trees are dropping leaves. All around us has been getting rain, we are in a dead zone and the rain avoids us. We are hydrophobic.

Todd Ellis wrote:We finally have rain and reduced temperatures today. After a week of high ninety and 100 degree days, we have some relief. My trees look happier

hi todd today tempert turn to 105 what a aday in VA hot hot and hot