Geoff wrote:(why do we always call it that when the lightning comes first?)
Surprisingly Welsh is more logical: we call it mellt a tharannau (lightning and thunder)
Now that's what I call rain!
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Surprisingly Welsh is more logical: we call it mellt a tharannau (lightning and thunder)
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Geoff wrote:I want to uncover my early potatoes to weed, earth up and let them get some water but am worried the hail showers could all but destroy them. I was planting onions and shallots grown from seed last week when we had massive hail, thunder and lightning (why do we always call it that when the lightning comes first?) which has not done them much good.
Hail storms here too and no let up in the cold either. My earlies are under black plastic anyways.
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The rain it raineth every day
And never seems to go away
And never seems to go away
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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I think you're in for a drier week,
But for us, it's shelter we seek.
But for us, it's shelter we seek.
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Yesterday was a taste of summer
Today rain and wind - a bit of a bummer!
Today rain and wind - a bit of a bummer!
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I've just run in, out of the rain,
And although we need it, it's rather a pain.
And although we need it, it's rather a pain.
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I've just run in, out of the rain,
And although we need it, it's rather a pain.
Poet OH ! You could perhaps rig up an umbrella attached to yer belt OH , or erect a see through tent to work in ? Like me itchy gardening fingers huh?
Another wet and windy day here too - this is the weirdest drought I have experienced. Water is laying puddled in the fields, one of my pots is waterlogged, needs attention, but too heavy to lift and my partner has a bad back, oh well ! On the bright side glad I have raised beds and the new plants will settle in well, lol. A friend and I went to a nursery yesterday, did the ladies who lunch thing,( excellent cook there ), and encouraged each other to splurge! I am a proud owner of a new dwarf peach tree with the prettiest pink blossom which will go in a large pot in a sheltered spot, and they had a wonderful selection of natural and italian seeds which always seem to do well. My Tamarillo was looking depleted after winter but is sprouting a mass of its lovely heart shaped leaves again so am looking forward to some fruit from it, I think i will bring it indoors next winter ! Picking some wonderful radish between heavy showers - at least they like the weather ! April is certainly living up to its reputation !
And although we need it, it's rather a pain.
Poet OH ! You could perhaps rig up an umbrella attached to yer belt OH , or erect a see through tent to work in ? Like me itchy gardening fingers huh?
Another wet and windy day here too - this is the weirdest drought I have experienced. Water is laying puddled in the fields, one of my pots is waterlogged, needs attention, but too heavy to lift and my partner has a bad back, oh well ! On the bright side glad I have raised beds and the new plants will settle in well, lol. A friend and I went to a nursery yesterday, did the ladies who lunch thing,( excellent cook there ), and encouraged each other to splurge! I am a proud owner of a new dwarf peach tree with the prettiest pink blossom which will go in a large pot in a sheltered spot, and they had a wonderful selection of natural and italian seeds which always seem to do well. My Tamarillo was looking depleted after winter but is sprouting a mass of its lovely heart shaped leaves again so am looking forward to some fruit from it, I think i will bring it indoors next winter ! Picking some wonderful radish between heavy showers - at least they like the weather ! April is certainly living up to its reputation !
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