Alan White wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:28:52 -0000, " Jill."
wrote:

I am just going to hold him to

""Just looking ahead a bit and quite honestly I cannot see much
chance of substantial rainfall this Spring. """

Well, the ground here is still extremely wet with water still
trickling across the A814 in many places between us and Arrochar.

Its been wonderful to have no precipitation for the last couple of days and
have hard ground to work on. But that does not help to reduce the water
table as you say. The ground is very greasy where it is not frozen.

The
flow from the land drain inserted to solve our cellar problem has now
ceased but a dry month here would be a Very Good Thing.

Miraculous comes to mind
and as a plaque in our kitchen says
" we don't believe in Miracles here ------- we rely on them!"

:~)

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Jill Bowis [Oban]

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