Is it going to be another wash-out?

Bangton

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

Its no wonder us british are obsessed with discussing the weather when we can get so many different weather patterns accross such a small island lol.
After the rain over the weekend it has been glorious sunshine all day here. It is 86 degrees in the greenhouse lol.
Been sat in a t-shirt potting on seedlings and spent virtually all day in the garden. The chooks are sunbathing as we speak.

Everywhere in the garden things are budding and flowering, insects everywhere and the birds are singing away (we think we have a nesting pair of bluetits in our bird box as well). All in all a lovely spring/early summer day.
Hope May picks up for those of you still sat in the rain.

Got a lovely roast chicken in the oven and am considering having it with salad and sitting in the garden to eat.

Ali x

I hope it stays that way..we are heading for Morecambe this weekend to see relatives. Praying for sunshine:D

valk_scot

I've got five raised beds covered with environmesh over hoops and everything inside is growing away happily. The environmesh stops the plants getting absolutely battered to death by the rain and keeps the plants that crucial degree or two warmer at night. Protects from the wind too. My soil? I grow on raised beds and have good drainage with moisture retentive soil (fifteen years worth of compost dug into these beds) so they don't waterlog or dry out unless conditions are exceptionally terrible.

Good soil, proper protection and sowing/planting out at the correct times for your locale, that's the secret. Well, most of the time anyway!

Save_now,_buy_later

Hi all,
Just after a bit of advice, I received my raspberry canes this week but I don't know if I should plant them yet as my allotment is soaked and it won't stop raining!
So, is it ok to keep them a while yet or will they die anyway if I don't plant them out soon?
Thanks

silvasava

Save_now,_buy_later wrote: »

Hi all,
Just after a bit of advice, I received my raspberry canes this week but I don't know if I should plant them yet as my allotment is soaked and it won't stop raining!
So, is it ok to keep them a while yet or will they die anyway if I don't plant them out soon?
Thanks

The 'destructions' for my raspberry canes said to keep them in a bucket of water for 3/4 days before planting them out :rotfl: I planted some straight away & some I put in water - the ones I planted all gave up the ghost so I guess if you put them in water for a few days until you can plant out you'll probably be OK.