Question

This may sound like an odd question but, is anyone freaking out about the impending wet weather? I feel like I need to rain proof all my hard work  

Answer 1

I just need rain so I can do housework instead of garden work. my house is a tip but refuse to do it on a hot day when there's work I can do in the garden on a hot day haha x

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@uela127 I’m the same! At least if it rains I’ll get some housework done x

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@uela127 yes! It was my excuse not to do cleaning inside when I could garden  

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I'm almost tempted to do a rain dance haha x

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Also it can stay a mess for now until it rains. not like there's any chance of company turning up and seeing it ‍♀️

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@uela127. Ah I'm sure it's very tidy really. It's probably tidyier than you think!  

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@selmaselman77 oh it's tidy it just needs a good clean, dusting and windows cleaned etc x

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@uela127. Ah not too much then. Do you have many indoor plants?  ( sensible head on now  

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@selmaselman77 no none at all. I only got into gardening last year so I'm sticking to what I know so far and that is planters. I've been in the garden most of the time doing those, painting my fences and sheds and I'm going to landscape the bottom of my garden over the next couple of weeks weather permitting and providing I can get the stuff to do it x

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@uela127. Ah its really great you've got into gardening, it's so therapeutic!. Indoor plants really great to freshen the air and provide energy balance. How big is your garden?  

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@selmaselman77 haha it's a decent size, not massive but not small. I've never had an indoor plant survive in my entire life, I even killed a cactus so after that I gave up on indoor stuff  x

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@uela127. Haha ah bless!. Don't worry I'm sure due to falling into one once ( bad idea to put them on a window that you need to open) Do you have any grass laid?  

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@selmaselman77 yeah I do in both gardens but they're a mess. I have a dog so not bothered about it not being perfect so long as there's no nettles in it. The front lawn is full of clover and patchy so I need to put some grass seed down but don't know whether to weed and feed first to try and kill some of the dandelions x

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@uela127. I have an idea for you, how about weeding some of the garden (taking up Dandelions etc) and filling in with some grass seed and sand mix, but theneaving a natural wild flower margin. letting the clover and Dandions grow?. Dandelions have so many uses. Not only great for bees. But you vsan make honey, Salads cordial and coffee!  

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@selmaselman77 my back lawn is full of dandelions and daisies. I like the daisies so spent about 3 hours yesterday morning pulling the dandelion heads off  every time I thought I'd finished I'd turn around to see about another 40 had woke up. I woke up today feeling like I'd done a heavy workout in the gym off all the squatting down and I'm not even kidding . It was the clover last year that killed the grass in the front last year. It's roots went all over the grass just below the surface strangling all the grass. I pulled all the roots out from the surface but tbh it's just been left all patchy now and what grass there is needs a good feed on it x

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@uela127. Haha nothing like a good squatting workout! . Hands and knees may be the best bet here! Although do use a nice foam pad to get comfortable ☺ yes clo er again is great for the bees but has the ability to overtake. . Great that you've brought it back to bare earth! . Does gardening differ from the day job greatly ?  

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@selmaselman77 that's exactly what I've used today to paint the bottom of my fence haha they're life savers. The clover in the front lawn seems to have gone a lot this year but it's still got loads of weeds but none that I recognise. Yeah I'm a sales assistant and do a little beauty and cake Decorating so totally different x

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@uela127. Certainly are. I'm an old man now and need as much comfort as possible!. ☺. You sound really hands on good effort with the fence!. I'm having a fence war back at my house. Its a share fence, and he paints his bright red and it all comes through on my side so I duly cover it up with a coat on my side ( dark brown) which in places possibly unavoidably comes through on his side ( quick caveat we do get on! ). He then re paints 6 months later and the same thing happens again! Haha. Loving the cake decorating. You are obviously very creative!  

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@selmaselman77 ah fence wars haha so far I've had none of that but my neighbour has just asked if she can paint her side of my fence in her colour the day after I painted it. I said yes but if any goes onto the sides of each latt so that it shows on my side she'd have to touch up with my paint as I'd literally just finished it so obviously didnt want to do it again . Got to be hands on when you're a single lass or it costs a fortune haha. Last year I landscaped one side of my garden, replaced my fence and built boxing in stands out of the old fencing and I really enjoyed getting stuck into it so it's my project to do another part of my garden this year x

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@uela127. I could have done with your firm negotiation skills with my neighbour. He's an old boy so didn't want to put him out, . But in retrospect maybe I should have touched things up sooner ☺. And more carefully!. Really impressed you replaced your whole fence!. Did you dig out the posts too?. Where did you learn your skills from?. I could do with you in my garden!   

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@uela127. That's really impressive!  

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@selmaselman77 yes I did dig them out with my cousin, it was like a carry on film as I didn't have the strength to lift them obviously as they were concreted in with 2 bags of postcrete for each post so just used the old posts as levers while I stood on the end with my whole body to lever it up so my cousin could roll it off. I nearly killed her when one of the posts catapulted up through the air when she roll it off . My dad had started it but had cancer and I could tell it was too big a job for him but knowing he wouldn't stop I asked my cousin to help me get the old concrete out and finish it for a surprise when he came back. I just learnt on the go haha it's all trial and error. I loved using all the "men's tools" in the garden haha I was thinking of going to college and doing a basic DIY course (plumbing, drilling etc) x

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After the fence i put a new washing line pole in with postcrete, when I was mixing it in the hole my cousin said here I'll used my hand to mix it as it'll mix better  I just stopped her to tell her it would set on her hand in minutes  x

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@selmaselman77 thanks x

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@uela127. I'm so impressed!. quite a woman! I don't want to mess with you!  . Sorry to hear about dad, hope he's OK now!?. Great to learn some extra skills!. Im learning the skateboard. This is not working out so well for me , ( p. S sent you some info via pm)

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@uela127. That is ridiculously funny!  

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@selmaselman77 haha I'm ok I suppose, can always be better though. He's ok, not getting better but not getting worse which is the main thing. Skateboarding wow, I could never do that as a kids let alone as an adult  x

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@selmaselman77 oh it was really funny, she's crazy so i always have a laugh with her or should I say at her. I still laugh now imagining taking her to a&e with a concrete stump on her hand  x

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@uela127. Ah sorry to hear that. Hmm has he tried a plant based diet?  

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@uela127. If it was me, I would need my whole body taken out of there!  

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@selmaselman77 I'm not too sure. I think he's just on hormone treatment x

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This!  

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@autocratic100. Haha fence wars!  

Answer 2

All those dodgy painted paths  

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@theo21274 and the egg chairs, multiple cushions on corner sofas and outdoor rugs  I’m guessing most people have sheds or garages to store it all in?  

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@wunderlich store my cushions in my insalated garage.  

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@theo21274 my yarden is too small for a shed  I’ll be bunging it all in the conservatory for a few days I think

Answer 3

Nope it's much needed down south. bring it on  

Answer 4

My lawn and beds were praying for it!  

Answer 5

No, my garden is desperate for rain. The soil is as hard as concrete.  

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Same as mine!  

Answer 6

I'm excited for all my plants to get some lovely rain water! And my sad pond, the water level is way down, I think the tadpoles would like some more!  

Answer 7

Nope I just put some grass seed down

Answer 8

Nah, my pond and all my greenery could do with a decent watering.  

Answer 9

No, my veggies need it really! I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t going to miss the sun though!  

Answer 10

I have some grass seed down some has started to grow but not lots of it. The rest of the grass is half moss which has now turnt brown have got some lawn feed coming so cant wait to wack it down and let the rain be my hose pipe x

Answer 11

It must take some people hours to clear their gardens of the soft furnishings before it rains! Cant wait for my plants to get a bit of water on them  

Answer 12

I was enjoying doing the garden it’s going to be depressing stuck in doors all week

Answer 13

No, it hasn't rained here for 6 weeks, we really need it.  

Answer 14

Yes, my plants need it too.  

Answer 15

My lawn is looking forward to it  

Answer 16

I was out planting things today when it started raining. i just moved into the greenhouse instead  

Answer 17

Yes. It's going to knock all the blooms off of my clematis which is almost at its best ☹️

Answer 18

We need rain here and so does my allotment so I can get started on it. My plants all need a good watering at home especially my tree that I moved

Answer 19

No I've just laid a load of grass seed so it will water it for me  

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@nosebleed237. Yes quite agree, the flowers beds could do with a spot of watering ☺

Answer 20

Just done all mine Covered everything lol

Answer 21

I’m looking forward to it. I want to dig a new flower bed but the ground is too hard.  

Answer 22

I can't wait for rain, I need to cool off after the post with the lady who had bush munching problem!  

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@selmaselman77 what was that? Must’ve missed it  

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@heterocercal59050. Haha a lady that posted on here about her bush being eaten by catapillars, but she didn't include the word Catapillar  

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@selmaselman77 oh dear!  

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@selmaselman77 isn’t this group great?  

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@heterocercal59050. I'm feeling slightly flustered. Wink can you calm me down?  

Answer 23

I'd like it to rain for the next 3 months.  

Answer 24

I need the rain! X

Answer 25

Had no real rain for a month over here in Holland, the garden could do with a soak. I might get some ironing done  

Answer 26

Going to paint my kitchen

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@pittman. Great idea. What colour?  

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@selmaselman77 teal and cream only the walls and skirting boards, (white)

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@selmaselman77 got to wash the walls down and prep first

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@pittman. Ah perfect!. Hope it goes well!  

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@selmaselman77 thank you Ive painted half a wall and the front of a shed in the garden but ran out of paint and cant get anymore at the moment my daughter is going to try and get me some when she can but she is a essential worker working in mental health and a young chap tried the other day to get some but no luck , hopefully Ive got enough to do kitchen xx

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@pittman. Ah big hug, hope you manage to get some x

Answer 27

Trouble is ive nothing to do in the house. my 2 daughters do all the housework while im doing the garden  

Answer 28

I was excited as the garden would benefit from the water. a feeling I know will definitely disappear!  

Answer 29

I'm looking forward to some rain

Answer 30

Cushions all gathered in

Answer 31

I haven't finished my garden yet. I'm still waiting for things to arrive.  

Answer 32

I'm seriously tidying the house. 2 young kids. It's not gonna be fun.  

Answer 33

No my plants, are well needing watered. X

Answer 34

My garden is bone dry, we haven't had rain on Thanksneside for 6 weeks, so I'm keen for gentle rain.  

Answer 35

Same  

Answer 36

Im in dorset & im bloody sick of watering already!  

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@nosebleed237 Hart. Is it really wet there? (so to speak!  

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Been dry as a bone for weeks & weeks, I've been watering like it's mid summer! Adders all over the place

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@nosebleed237 Hart. Ohh blimey those slippery fellow's! Be careful.!. I used to carry out reptile surveys and hated coming face to face with them. Actually don't really like anything long and wiggly. Don't you agree?  

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Haha I'm not bothered by them, I worry more about my dogs or cats being bitten really. Where did you do your surveys?  

Answer 37

A little rain is coming and the garden needs it we had rain and light hail today, I am up in the west of Scotland

Answer 38

I think everyone who has worked hard on their gardens are going be worried incase it gets damaged. I'm a first time gardener, so not got much knowledge yet, and I'm worried .  

Answer 39

I need (but not looking forward to) the rain - I have slug nematodes to water into the garden but it’s no good if it’s too dry.  

Answer 40

I want the rain to water my lawn and plants

Answer 41

Bring it on

Answer 42

When is it to rain?  

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@cate2379 tomorrow for a few days.  

Answer 43

I’m waiting for the rain! The garden looks amazing now, the house looks destroyed by our 6 year old daughter . The rain will help all the flowers and bulbs that have been planted grow whilst I crack on with the housework ‍♀️

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My garden also looks better than my house  I know the feeling

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@vibratory it is what it is right now ‍♀️. I’m usually ocd and need everything clean and tidy, but I’m recovering from covid-19, exhausted and right now I’m just grateful I’m alive. Plus staying home with partner, 22 year old son and 6 year old daughter I’m just picking my battles now lol. every now n again I scream RIGHT IM BINNING ANYTHING IN MY WAY. they soon move their shit  x

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@karlykarlyn that moment when you're smiling in the garden and walk into the living room, it's turned into something resembling a heroin addicts squat and your heart sinks. That's been me all heatwave and mine are teenagers - old enough to know better!  

Answer 44

Yeah I wanna wrap everything up. lol x

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@comparison1467. Have you got stuff in polytunnels?  

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@selmaselman77 no lol

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@comparison1467. Are you growing veggies plants outside?  

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@selmaselman77 no. lol im only joking was meaningI all my hard work painting planting lol

Answer 45

The garden needs it and will bloom so much better after some good rain

Answer 46

Haha! I’m exactly the same! Need an excuse to stay in and do housework

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@heterocercal59050 I've been outside for weeks maybe I should do some housework after all lol x

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@comparison1467 I have a rule, never do housework when the sun shines lol x

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@heterocercal59050 I like that rule lol x

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We spend long enough inside during winter x

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@comparison1467 very true! x

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@heterocercal59050 make hay while the sun shines. or whatever your gardens needs . the ironing can wait! I also follow your rule x

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@sorrells Exactly! My garden always comes first  x

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@heterocercal59050 totally . my children can fend for themselves - my garden can’t  x

Answer 47

Omg yes  

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@fabi. I actually had to re read the original post to make sure I wasn't in a different group with that response  

Answer 48

Gardens/plants/trees desperately need it.  

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@bull253 they do to be fair

Answer 49

I prefer it to rain saves me watering my grass with milk jug watering cans (thanks to whoever posted idea! saves me drowning the grass)

Answer 50

Couple of days of rain would be ok. But can we have the sun back soon please

Answer 51

I’m dreading having to do some housework after being off since the 20-something of March, have been doing minimal ‘work’ in the study on the top floor then it’s been straight down the stairs, squeeze my eyes tight shut as I walk thru the kitchen out into the garden && shut the patio door  

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@comparison1467 Dixon yeah I've been constantly in the garden and avoided looking closely around my living room. Just got a glance of the amount of dust on something the other day and thought ah what the hell it's going to rain later I'll do housework then. I'm still waiting for it to rain  x

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@uela127 I just reckon that I’m not having any visitors round at the mo anyways & if these dingbats I live with wanna have the cheek to judge then they can flippin’ well make friends with Mr. Hoover & Mrs. Mop  

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@uela127 we should probably be bagging dust now anyways for the compost heap  

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My kids don't venture out of their room anyways to see any mess, not that they'd care anyways haha x

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I've had a Floordrobe for 6 weeks  

Answer 52

Going to garden centre on way back from supermarket. Need bedding plants.  

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@kussell557 they aren't open.  

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@ravioli they are

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@kussell557 oh. ok. I heard they were closed.  

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@ravioli B an m and the range garden centres are open but many others are closed until further notice, check online.  

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@ravioli I think you are assuming I am in UK, I am in Cyprus, this is a worldwide site.  

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@kussell557 aha. no lockdown for you?  

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@ravioli yes, 1 trip out per day with permission. Curfew 9pm to 6am, no visiting, no unnecessary trips out, only supermarkets, pharmacies and garden centres open.  

Answer 53

My water butt is empty so I need it.  

Answer 54

Need rain for the horses pasture !  

Answer 55

I'm getting to accept it now as the garden needs it.  

Answer 56

Seriously! Rain? My sons birthday is thursday and my whole plan is out the window then! Pool and outdoor cinema  spent a bloody fortune sorting the garden getting pool and projector etc. Thankspical!  

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@exciter postpone all that and do something small inside. It will be an extension to his bday celebration and something to look forward to x

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@dougdougal608 yes I think I will have to, hopefully the sun will come back soon!  

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@exciter it will, just a few days of rain forecast.  

Answer 57

Yes coz I have 100 yards of turf coming Friday to be laid in my garden on Saturday so we definitely don’t want rain yet but after it’s down it would be good

Answer 58

I think our gardens will welcome the rain with open roots.  

Answer 59

No let it rain ground deserves a treat. Been to dry.  

Answer 60

Me and my OH have literally just built our daughters play house over the weekend and painted it to go out today and buy tarpaulin!  

Answer 61

My garden is crying out for lots of lovely rain and my water butts need filling. My plants need the magic that's in the rain, everything is so dry.  

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@brewmaster. How to you keep your butt in good working order?  

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@selmaselman77 lots of squats  

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@nosebleed237 Hardy.  Omg! Im blushing!  

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@selmaselman77 Lol. That headed South years ago.!  

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@selmaselman77 just a wee drop x

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@brewmaster. Haha. I'm sure it's still perky and functional  

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@trusteeship2581. I know the feeing  

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@selmaselman77 Well. one out of two ain't bad ;)

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@brewmaster. .!  

Answer 62

No coz we have just layed turf  

Answer 63

Yes we need rain. But nooooo I've just started a project. Tmrws foundations, with cement.  F**k it. As long as its not torrential  and still warm  

Answer 64

I've just painted 25 tyres but have not yet sealed them! I'm terrified the rain is going to wish all the paint off! I've just brought 6 indoors lol

Answer 65

I think we can all agree that our gardens need the rain, ive done so much in my garden especially this past week and am so happy with it. Meanwhile, in the house. ‍♀️

Answer 66

I spent ages covering things over and putting things away as if it's the end of the summer lol