Rain at last!

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Monika
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Great day today - 40mm rain which should have got to the roots of plants! Our copious watering has produced an enormous yield of peas and broad beans, but most other things have struggled in the dry weather, especially dwarf beans, runner beans,all root vegetables and sweet peas, so waking up this morning to the sound of pouring rain was lovely!

And as a bonus, tonight's sunset has just been wonderful, the setting sun even turning the clouds pink in the east.
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Same here Monica, but no sunset, it is still pouring.
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now wait for the comments about root crops splitting :D

The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.

At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
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And my Cherry tomatoes Pa Snip. Not complaining tho'. They go in the soup pot.

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Speaking of cherry tomatoes: we have a large crop but they very, very reluctant to turn red this year!

And on the rain front: I pulled out the remaining broad bean stumps today, having left them in the ground for about 4 weeks for the nitrogen nodules to dissolve, and even after Friday's deluge, the ground was powder dry again.
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Mmmm wonder why Monika my Cherola are doing very well.

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Monika
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You obviously get more sunshine down there, and warmer, Beryl? Some of our night time temperatures have been down to 5C lately.
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what a great day ........
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We had our annual open day on our allotment last saturday despite a forecast of rain all afternoon it stayed dry untill around 6 oclock by which time we where all snug under our field shelter we call havana lodge our( allotments are havana lane ) having alcoholic refreshments
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Glad you had a dry day Robo, we to had a dry day for our show on the 15th but please can someone now turn the tap off now, we are deluged down here.

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Monika
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Our rain has been very thoughtful and considerate the last 6 days: sunshine or at least completely dry during the day and rain every evening - couldn't be better. And it's certainly making a difference, the runner beans and dwarf beans are at last making great progress and the carrots are filling out.
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