[bigben]

Last night I was trying to use a bulb planter to bore out holes to plant my paper pots in. The ground is so dry it kept filling the holes in. It was like trying to do it in dry sand!

I ended up having to water where I wanted the hole and let it soak then drill it out. It is now looking like it might rain sometime soon. Of course we will be complaining about all the new weeds popping up then.

[strangerachael]

When the slugs do finally venture out they're gonna be RAVENOUS 

[Babstreefern]

Pouring down now

[prakash_mib]

no sign of that thingy... that falls from sky and soaks everywhere here! and for the next few days 

[slow_worm]

we havent had rain for two months.then last night it  started it hasnt stopped since then weve had about 2 inches up to now wonderfull never thought i would say that but things were getting bad farmers were starting to talk about culling cattle early to save on food as we had such a cold spell early on they had to feed the cattle longer than usual instead of putting them out . and so the grass hasnt grown like normal so the rain will please a lot of people but not all but i for one is glad of it.now the crops can grow normally as i dont normally water anything out side apart from transplants but ive had to water quite a lot this year.

We were waiting across the channel for that rain which never came!!

[DD.]

It's going the wrong way, that's why!

Seems as though it's drifting towards us.

Please!

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

[prakash_mib]

It's going the wrong way, that's why!

Seems as though it's drifting towards us.

Please!

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

It is a very good site. it says we have 20% chance of rain in our postcode area. Thats a lot of probability! 

[JayG]

5 drops here so far (I counted every one!) 

[Dave Mack]

Yep we have the wet stuff here 

[mumofstig]

maybe a few more here as it spat for just 2 or 3 minutes

Please can we at least have the rest of the shower now, I wouldn't want to stop Roland Garros tennis for too long  , so please send it to the UK now

[Jamie Butterworth]

Its raining

[rhysdad]

still dry as a bone here with only an outside chance of rain forecast over the weekend...By all means hotting up again thereafter so we'll see. i must say, i can now see the advantages of a home plot, what with a hose pipe and all....... 

[Goosegirl]

We have had just the odd spit and spot for goodness knows how many weeks. I've never seen cracks so big in my soil - I swear that I can see right down to Australia!

[Cazzy]

Its such a novelty for us up here in Scotland. 

I had the same problem as Bigben yesterday trying to plant out seedlings and the soil just kept falling back in the hole. 

No doubt we will be back to our beloved grey skies and cagouls soon enough 

[strangerachael]

We've just had some rain    Not a lot... but enough to keep things ticking over until next week when let's face it, it's half term - it's BOUND to rain