[jaydig]

We've been very lucky, with fluctuations between lovely sunshine, and lengthy showers.  Wonderful growing weather.

[ARPoet]

We had light rain most of last night and all today. Garden looks and smells nice, but its done nothing to refill the water butts  from the house roof.

[JayG]

Indeed ARP - hard to believe that so little rain could fall from from what has been a very dark sky nearly all day, especially so this afternoon.

Since it started at 0200 this morning, according to our local weather station in Norton Lees we've had a not-so-grand total of 2.2mm so far. 

[victoria park]

Small sprinklings of rain are probably as counterproductive as inadequate hand waterings that do nothing but tease the crops in the wrong way.
I guess that's the problem with D word conditions over long periods. So much depends on one weather front and you're either lucky or you're not. We got 0.2 mm. The hosepipe is still in regular use, but fortunately these days most of my beds are no dig/little dig so little of what has fallen has escaped back into the air.

[JimB]

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We have had lots of rain here in sunny Gloucester, grass very green, soil wet, two blue barrels filled the third well on the way in the allotment!

Heavy rain most of the morning and part of the afternoon, kids grounded and hating it!

Cabbages and kohl rabi plants loving it!

[al78]

Don't worry too much about lack of rain. Some forecast models are predicting back to normal cooler unsettled conditions for the start of June. You may well be begging for the dry and sunny weather we've had in another couple of weeks.

[arh]

I don't think so!

[JimB]

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Have just watched two programmes about D Day the 6th June 1944, exactly the same conditions leading up to it as we have had this year,73 years on!

High winds squalls and heavy rain, supposed to go on the 5th, had to be put back to the 6th when hell broke loose!

And we have nutters rabbiting on about the climate here in England will be so hot there will be no lawns left!

People will say anything for bribe money!

[snowdrops]

Well since I last replied it's hardly stopped raining & some of the showers have been deluges. All 4 barrels at the plot are full

[al78]

And we have nutters rabbiting on about the climate here in England will be so hot there will be no lawns left!

People will say anything for bribe money!

What are you on about? 

[LILLILEAF]

Its my day off and boy do we have rain and wind again ::)but we need the rain not the wind :mad:when its windy it makes every thing harder to do and puts me in a bad mood :mad:roll on sunshine next week

[daveylamp]

  yes we have rain the plot has turned into a swamp the weeds  are outgrowing the beetroot, parsnips, carrots the potatoes are just keeping up... thought i would try a hop plant this year WOW its gone mad 18ft high and wanting to go higher is it this rain! I need to get the hoe going before i lose the shed. Love this allotmenteering.

[arh]

Believe it or not, but we're still struggling for water here. We've had some showers off and on since the storm early in the week, but it's dry 3" down, and I'm back to the watering can. . No rain forecast for the next 10 days.

[JimB]

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Never have the potato tops looked so good!

Have had enough rain, now for some proper sunshine and summer, please!

[victoria park]

Well, we got the sunshine, in buckets for nearly a fortnight, and my plot is parched.
However, I'm pleased to report today the heavier than forecast tippy tappy on my "conservatory" roof. A nice half an inch, maybe even three quarters, tonight and tomorrow would just be perfect, and just about seal my Summer crop success, well, apart from foxes, badgers, and the usual suspects.