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We had a nice downpour this morning so saved watering outside. Had to water in the polycrub of course.
bigyetiman said:It's actually been windy here the last two days, i had forgotten what that was like as well
Same here. I’m in the middle of a massive project to increase the volume of rainwater we can save in the winter, to top up our pond in summer. We already have 500 litres of storage, 300 litres of which can be diverted straight into the pond by hoses attached to the butts, but I’m organising more and bigger butts in more useful places, to give three sets of 500 litres each. This has meant detaching and cleaning out the sludge from the bottom of each of our present butts, an annual job which needs them to be empty enough to tip the sludge on to the garden garden, so after months of dry weather it suddenly needed to be done in case it rains this weekend. I’m not very hopeful, despite the forecast, as there’s the usual ‘dry channel’ on the weather maps between the two wet corridors on either side of North Hampshire!Still no rain, did get excited by a few spots about 6am. then hot and sunny again
That’s 40.5C! And you’re doing all this for us from California! That would account for the fact that the time on your posts comes up as what would be the middle of the night here. We truly are an international forum now.The weather here has been insanely hot. 105F on the worst days. Can't wait for a little winter weather. I won't even say the R word because I dont want to jinx it
And P.S. How are your chickens coping?That’s 40.5C! And you’re doing all this for us from California! That would account for the fact that the time on your posts comes up as what would be the middle of the night here. We truly are an international forum now.
I have a friend who lives in Oregon, with similar weather problems, affected at this time by smoke from a huge fire a few miles away. I hope you’re at least safe, Josh, even if too hot.