WE HAD THE MOST ALMIGHTY RAIN STORM, -…
The Radical-
17th July 2018
-LIGHTENING AND THUNDER….
UNTIL WAY PAST 12 MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT.
AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WATERING OUR GARDENS WITH WATERING CANS
FOR OVER A MONTH BECAUSE OF THE HEAT BUT NO RAIN AND IT HAS BEEN HARD WORK.
WE HAVE A FRUIT GARDEN AND HUGE RANGE OF BEDDING PLANTS, HANGING BASKETS, PERENNIALS
AND THE VEGETABLES IN RAISED BEDS.
BUT YESTERDAY THAT ALL CHANGED. LIGHT RAIN AND GENTLE BREEZE THE “WHETHERMAN” SAID.
BUT WE FARMERS AND GROWERS KNOW BETTER
WE HAVE A WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM OF THREE 40 GALLON BARRELS BUT LAST NIGHT WE COLLECTED
EVERY BUCKET WE COULD LAY OUR HANDS ON TO FILL WITH RAIN WATER……
(THE GUTTERS COULD NOT TAKE THE WATER AS IT CAME DOWN – LOCAL FLOODING EVERYWHERE)
……..HENCE THE LACK OF POSTS HERE.
LET US GET OUR BREATH BACK AND THE SLEEP OUT OF OUR SYSTEM AND
I WILL POST THE ARTICLES I HAVE SAVED UP.
PS I THOUGHT THE PLANTS WOULD BE ALL SMASHED UP BUT ALL THEY WANTED WAS A DRINK FROM THE SKY
AND EVEN THOSE IN SMALL POTS LOOK HEALTHY.