It has been incredibly dry here too in Kildare so was expecting it. I'm only going to water anything recently planted with a watering can and do a few rain dances. Looks like we might get some more rain on Thursday
Getting serious here in W Cork, too. We're reliant on our borehole but, for garden use, I can always run my trailer down to the stream and fill a few barrels.
We already have one here from last Friday midnight. Quite a bit of rain forecast during this week so maybe I won't have to lug the watering can around just yet.
There's no sign of one here yet (Glos), but it wouldn't surprise me if we do have one at some stage. Watched the Countryfile forecast last night and it did show rain from midweek, but it would need to go some to make up for such a dry May. I am already making mental notes of what will be watered by can and what will be sacrificed if it comes to it 😕
Given that we had one of the wettest winters on record, I'm not very happy about this. Heaven knows, the water companies have had time to adjust. 1976, 1989, 2018, 2019. It cannot be a surprise that some summers are very dry. Why have they not spent the last thirty years building up capacity? We pay them enough.
@BenCotto I may sound like a Scrooge but what's the logic in that ? I heard a CEO of a water company saying it was more a case of not being able to get the water down the pipes quick enough, than a shortage of water. Seems with us all at home that we are using water I a lot of different ways and at times we wouldn't.
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Watched the Countryfile forecast last night and it did show rain from midweek, but it would need to go some to make up for such a dry May.
I am already making mental notes of what will be watered by can and what will be sacrificed if it comes to it 😕
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.