14 September 2021
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Today has been very wet… so I’m excited about going out tomorrow morning and seeing just how much my water butt system has been recharged. Did I get to the point where it went into overflow operation? Enquiring minds want … Continue reading
27 April 2021
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It was a (wonderful) surprise this afternoon to take delivery of two water butts I ordered last week. Evengreener, who I ordered them from, indicated that demand was high and it might take up to four weeks for the order … Continue reading
16 August 2020
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It is true that we’ve needed a bit of rain and some relief from the sweltering conditions of the last few weeks. No need to spend time watering the garden for the next few days! My only problem is that … Continue reading
6 December 2019
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My timing wasn’t great when it came to walking down to town this afternoon. I’d planned to finish at about 3pm and was actually wrapped up round about 2:30pm but, by then, it had started raining. I checked the forecast … Continue reading
7 September 2019
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I realised earlier this week why my water butts didn’t fill up at all in the heavy rain we had last Friday – I still had the plug in from last time they were full to the brim. In theory, … Continue reading
7 June 2019
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Today has been pretty wet – rain most of the day, some times getting towards torrential. I know it is the first time we’ve had a decent wet day for a while because the water butts at the front had … Continue reading
28 November 2018
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Last night was the first time in a long while when I can remember it raining ‘stair-rods’ (that is, very heavily). Certainly the first time for a long while when I’ve been caught outside trying to cycle home through such … Continue reading
26 August 2018
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Today has been wet – persistent heavy rain from sometime not too long after I got to church this morning (about 9:45am) until a little before I finished up at my gig this afternoon (6pm). It’s good for the ground … Continue reading
10 August 2018
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It looks like Oxford stands a good chance of a solid soaking later this morning. All I can say is hurrah! While dull, gray summers aren’t much fun this year’s blue skies have gone on for too long at a … Continue reading
21 July 2018
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Petrichor is the name of the beautiful scent we enjoyed last night – cooling rain stirring up an aroma from the parched earth. Petros is Greek for rock and ichor signifies the lifeblood of the gods. Does it represent divine … Continue reading