Puddy Galore
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A little fresher but still no meaningful rain. Rain and storms all around it seems but none here. So hope the next much anticipated pulse of heat falls flat on its face. Fed up of dry hot weather, then more dry hot weather and then the suggestion of more dry hot weather. Devastating really for the environment.
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Absolutely zero rain here, still waiting for just one drop to fall It is feeling a little fresher for now at least but sincerely hope we get meaningful rain soon. I can see I’m going to lose a number of plants/bushes/trees
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I’m over in Penn and we’ve had nothing here, unless I missed it of course.
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Rain, albeit a few drops, has been reported in Bridgnorth but across here the evil daystar is doing its level best to poke its nosey unwelcome nose in proceedings yet again. Rain and storms seem all around us but, other than a light shower, it isn’t looking good for my area in most forecasts
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Thanks, I am not sure what type it is to be honest although I am lugging watering cans up 3 flights of steps in the garden to it as the hose doesn’t quite reach that far up the garden. Mine is a white hydrangea too and a little like yours. I also have a climbing one up one side of my pergola. I am aware also some plants are not keen on too much tap water either so we really do need some decent rain it has to be said.
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Oh no, what a nightmare for you, they are having to work overtime in this heat. Can any of your neighbours help out with taking your freezer stuff? My cats are fed up too. I have 5 of my own, 3 with health conditions and 2 charity fosters in the garden cat pen, which I am trying to keep as cool as I can - not easy.
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It is certainly beginning to drag my mood down I have to say and I am having to work hard to keep my temper in check. Everything is twice as hard and tiring in this heat. I’m exhausted and now getting worried with it all. Its the lack of rain that’s really irritating me. 2020 had some horrid hot spells but we did get storms and plenty of rain to dampen everything down.
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I am wishing for, at the very least, a week of endless drab rain as you put it - my preference. I don’t want the expense of replacing plants and bushes which are now showing signs of dying and, more importantly, being surrounded by tinder dry fields and woodland I want that soaked through as quickly as possible. So, sorry, no I will not be enjoying these devastating heat and dry conditions. Its a right royal pain in the derriere as far as I am concerned.
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Another evil daystar dominated day looming. What a dogs breath of a summer this is turning out to be. Just visited a few weather sites to see what is forecast for my area over the next few days and I see the early indications of rain, with or without thunderstorms, have all but disappeared. Zero rain now being forecast and at this rate I can see me losing many garden plants not to mention the continued worry of wildfire. Just wish summer would oblige and disappear up its own derriere now.
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Yes, so am I, its just getting so very irritating now. I have said to my mum this morning, if these are our summers of the future every year, I will seriously have to think about moving somewhere much cooler. I can’t function in this heat day in and day out.
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One of the posters (Cambrian) kindly posted this chart in the model thread. Seems like Greenland is the place to be - need to rustle up a coach trip to there or buy a time share or holiday cottage. A624AB98-6FC3-416C-BA4F-63C11C43F2CF.webp
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Bloomin hard work isn’t it. I’m down to rescuing plants now other than watering pots and hanging baskets, the hydrangeas don’t seem to do well in drought conditions. If these are the summers of the future then I feel hanging baskets and bedding plants in pots will be a thing of the past for me. To add insult to injury my neighbours have been away all week amd I’ve been trying to keep their garden going as well Sick of seeing the evil daystar sun at the moment, wish it would b*gger off now for at least a year
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Problem is they take hold so very very quickly when everywhere is so parched. Could smell burning again this morning when I went out into the garden. It was like burning rubber though so I assume it was related to an industrial source.
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So pleased all is okay now. Sitting here having my breakfast and I can see the evil daystar just peeking above the trees grinning as it knows it is set to give us another satans breath of a day.
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Sorry hear your not well and hope you are soon feeling better. Just been down in the woods to check where the all singing portable barbecue party was the other day as the fire service said there was a great deal of rubbish left behind. Was just worried in case any bottles had been left lying around but I think the fire service had cleared it all away. Now covered in bramble scratches and the odd nettle sting so out will come the lavender oil.
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Sorry to hear that.
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He’s a pest! Trips me up constantly and I had a nasty accident with him last summer. Trouble is he has to be at least 60:years old so does command respect.
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He’ll get in and out of it and then push it around until I bring him around 7ish. Sometimes he gets bored with it and takes the umbrella stand on
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This crazy mad creature is a happily playing with his pot in the heat….
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Dreadful. I worked part time at the local private hospital before I fully retired. The offices we worked in were former patient rooms. Our windows only opened an inch at most, there was no air conditioning, they always raided our offices for fans to take to the ward and made us wear a uniform which really was winter garb as it was fully lined! What made us smile though was out-patients on the ground floor and the ward on the third floor both had air conditioning!! It was the heat in summer 2018 that decided me to retire fully, just about had enough.
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It does worry me because of the wildlife across there. I’ll try and get to the spot later today as the firemen said there were cans and other rubbish left. Really annoying as there is a rubbish bin not far away. Such a dirty filthy habit isn’t it
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Yes, I have actually put a washing up bowl and old cat litter tray full of water the other side of my fence in the woods for the deer, badgers, birds and any other wildlife over there. I keep the bird bath in the garden full of water too.
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Aww, bless him I have every respect and more for our fire services. A difficult and dangerous job at times.
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If I see them anywhere near the woods again I’ll spark the fire off by banging their numbskulls together!
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I cannot wait for at least a week of daily 24 hour wall to wall rain.
