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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:11 am
by Parsons Jack
Hi Catherine,
At last......the rain has started
It started about 9.45 last night and is still going strong. The wind has dropped as well which is good. I have only planted 6 sunflowers. I leave them at the end of the season for the birds. I love watching the greenfinches tear them to pieces.
Cheers, PJ.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:26 pm
by Catherine
Hi PJ Our rain only started yesterday. Dreadful wind all weekend shredded most of my sweetcorn. PH made a frame for my cabbages and we put netting round it and then fixed some fleece round it as well. The rain started very lightly yesterday very on and off and today it got steadily heavier. It has stopped tonight.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:44 am
by Parsons Jack
Hi Catherine,
This weather is really crazy isn't it. I looked at the 5 day forecast and the wind was from a completely different direction and speed each day. At the moment it is very calm with hazy sunshine.
Cheers, PJ.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:15 pm
by Catherine
Hi PJ I dont understand the weather at all. Today we have had a lovely day today. Everyone else is getting heavy down pours and we got light rain on and off yesterday Last night I was planting my dwarf runner beans out and it started to do vertical rain for about twenty minutes I just kept going. No wind just heavy rain. Then it went and it has not returned and it looks like we might have a thunderstorm tonight. It is really humid. But at least my sweetcorn has had time to recover. I hope they will be ok now.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:47 pm
by Parsons Jack
Hi Catherine,
We've had rain pretty much all day today. The watercress is growing well anyhow
I was going to plant some more climbing french beans out today, but it was just too wet. Hopefully it will be drier tomorrow, but I'm not counting on it. How's your cucumber doing?
Cheers, PJ.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:53 pm
by Catherine
Iffy
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:22 pm
by Parsons Jack
Oh dear!
I haven't bothered with them this year, but I am looking after my neighbour's greenhouse at the moment, and he planted one in there before his holiday. It is just sitting there sulking. I just hope it is still alive when he gets back on saturday.
Cheers, PJ.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:23 am
by Catherine
I have a courgette which has been planted in a growbag for two weeks and is also sulking. Dont know what to do as it is outside and I cant decide whether to put it back in to the polytunnel and see if it wakes up.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:20 am
by Parsons Jack
By the looks of it, I shall be picking the first of my courgettes next week
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:52 pm
by Catherine
Doesnt look like I will be eating any of mine for ages.
