Yaaayyy It's Raining

[Jeanied]

Yay, the dust bowl has finally had a day's worth of rain! All the dust on my car has washed off and the lottie looks very grateful (slurp slurp) ... and my water butt is half full! We haven't had any proper rain for ages. Oops - I've just changed from a seedling to a sprouter! Oo- er!

[rustylady]

First rain here yesterday and today for around two months. The ground really needs it. Tap water just doesn't do the job. Nice gentle rain too, so hopefully it will soak in. Sorry peeps, but I really need a few more days (or nights) of constant gentle rain.

[Glutton4...]

I know we need the rain, but can it come at night please - both my Ladies cancelled me today

btw aunty Flum, what the chuff is clarty?

[BumbleB]

Back from holiday to rain here too. I would like a nice dry sunny day now please so that I can get all the holiday washing dry and can get on with some garden clearing, still loads of crops to pick too.

[SarzWix]

'Clarty', also 'Clarted up with mud' sort of means covered in, or, plastered in mud. Seems to refer more to clay-y mud than any other though, dunno why? My nana used to call all her soil 'clarts'.
I'm guessing it's a northern thing

[Glutton4...]

'Clarty', also 'Clarted up with mud' sort of means covered in, or, plastered in mud. Seems to refer more to clay-y mud than any other though, dunno why? My nana used to call all her soil 'clarts'.
I'm guessing it's a northern thing

Thank you 'Oh Wise One!'

I've got really Clarty soil here!

[bramble]

Woke up to heavy rain this morning and it continued until about 5 o'clock this evening.
Never saw the garden so dry and have had the hose out a few times just to keep the soil friom turning to dust.
I suppose now its started it won't know when to stop.

[Two_Sheds]

it's all or nothing isn't it? Last time I counted, we'd not had more than a sprinkle of rain for over 50 days

[Jillyreeves]

Yesterdays rain was very welcome for the crops, bright on sunny again this morning

[Flummery]

I know we need the rain, but can it come at night please - both my Ladies cancelled me today

btw aunty Flum, what the chuff is clarty?

Mucky. Covered in slutch. Must have lapsed into the vernacular there!

[Bren In Pots]

I'm glad it finally stopped raining here or my fish would be swimming on the lawn.

[Eco-Chic]

I was driving through it yesterday and it slashed down so hard that it was running across the drains instead of flowing down them.

This is the second day of torrential rain that my chooks have experienced in the 4 weeks they've appointed me their slave. They don't like it very much.

[janeyo]

I was wondering about 'clarty' too!

We had rain all day yesterday and all night I think - and now none again. Garden looks a teeny weeny bit greener

[BumbleB]

Yay, and it can stop now !!!

[Hans Mum]

Yay, and it can stop now !!!

it has here...... been a lovely day quite a bit of rain yesterday though which was good