Kitchen Garden Forum

So wet here our Rugby club has cancelled training tomorrow as the pitches would be b*****ed.

As for gardening, HA !

Good morning Peter, it's pretty soggy here too, and with the water table being so high it is going to take a long time to dry out.

But never mind, it could be worse.

I couldn't believe it on Saturday morning...the sun shone and it was lovely.
I managed to refelt the roof of a leaking shed...the ground is extemely soggy though

I may be pot and tray washing this morning.hey ho

The lower half of my allotment is under about six inches of water again! The only crops at that end are the leeks. Will they be all right? It usually takes about three days to go down - having said that, it`s precipitating again!

Dear Elderflower, i think the leeks won't like being under water for that sort of period.
And if they are on about more rain in your desirable part of the country, i think i would be tempted to try and lift them.
Others may have had this exact problem, so might be able to advise you better.

I have to admit i had to get the dictionary out to see how precipitating fitted into your reply.

OH

I think -recipitat- is how they pronounce -iss- in Derbyshire

Actually I found last year that leeks were quite resistent to water when I dug up my last dozen as I needed the space. I dumped them in spare buckets containing several inches of water to keep them fresh and kept them there until I'd used them up (a couple of weeks). They all survived this treatment so you may be OK.

Dear Alan, trust me to be a little slow on the uptake.

Dear Primrose, hopefully with your information, it will put Elderflowers mind at peace.

It's rather wet and soggy here too. And it's still raining.

Never mind, could be worse.....the mil could be visiting

Today it are mostly bin dry.

Have you been on the cooking sherry again Peter?

Despite a forecast of rain all day yesterday there was barely a sprinkle and I did make it to the plot for half an hour. Windy and not very pleasant out though and I was glad to come home. Soil seemed OK and not too wet so I'm hopeful for next Sunday. There is apparently a ridge of high pressure coming over later this week which may give a respite from the rain and cloud.

Our village has been marooned in a lake of water since about noon! Our small beck which usually gurgles its way down into Skipton is a raging torrent and we can hear it from our house (luckily we live well above it!). One of our daughters took twice as long as usual on her train journey from Manchester to Leeds (via Huddersfield) and then couldn't get home because there were no onwards trains into the Dales because of the floods and the taxi couldn't get through, either. Luckily she is now holed up at a friend's house nearer Leeds.

And the forecast for tomorrow morning is heavy frost! Doesn't seem likely as it's still raining now.

Chantal wrote:Have you been on the cooking sherry again Peter?

Chantal darling, heaven fofend that I would ever deprive you of your favourite tipple, so I'll just stick to the whisky.

Soggy Peter - ain't the half of it Today I have been mostly squelching round the plant area at work trying to make half drowned plants look good.

My allotment is a sea of puddles and muddy clay - if it carries on like this I may consider ditching the potatoes this year and having a go at rice

Sue