Weather-2014

[David Nicholson]

I noted we only had a Winter weather thread so here's a new one for the rest of this year.

I put shade paint on the greenhouse today. Regular readers know what to expect. 

[Maggi Young]

Indeed we do, David - it has been raining here today - now I know why.

[mark smyth]

My garden is desperate for rain

[Maggi Young]

Not as bad as that here, Mark , but Ian has been watering  troughs, which is quite unusual.  It's the wind drying things out as much as the lack of "good"  rain.

[angie]

I noted we only had a Winter weather thread so here's a new one for the rest of this year.

I put shade paint on the greenhouse today. Regular readers know what to expect. 

Might have known it  Like Maggi said its rainy here now. Think we should ban you from putting winter shading on your greenhouse. Saying this I am glad that we got rain as the garden was really dry. Just hope we don't gets weeks of it now.

Angie 

[Peter Maguire]

I thought you'd been putting shade paint on our windows too, but it's only thick fog. Can't see more than 100 metres.

Ah, the joys of an English summer. 

[Maggi Young]

Hadn't even thought of it being summer time - I know the clocks went forward but for me, even if it is officially British Summer Time I never even THINK of it being summer until after the first week of July    Not sure whether that is pessimism or realism 

[Peter Maguire]

I knew it was summer because the rain earlier today was coming down vertically rather than horizontally!

[johnralphcarpenter]

Meteorologists will tell you that summer is the UK rainy season.

[Peter Maguire]

I don't need a meteorologist to tell me that, just 50+ years of meteorological disappointment. 

[Neil]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Arykana]

If you bored from rain, please send me! Our summer is hot and dry. I will take over any excess rain 

[Maggi Young]

 Happy St. George's Day to all you English folks - hope it's a better day for you in England than it is here - cold and dampish , been foggy - the dragon would have perished from pneumonia at this rate    What was that about summer?

[Brian Ellis]

Cheers Maggi, the sun is shining and I'm just having a break from cutting back spring flowering shrubs.  Unforthunately looked at the Erythronium thread and can't stop drooling

[Maggi Young]

It's good news  that you're getting sun for Saint George's Day - our share must have been diverted to you! Are there any cakes traditionally eaten today that I could cheer myself up with?

Just thinking - since this is also the 450th birthday of Shakespeare -  I think ANY cake will do!!