You have my sympathy Adrian. We have mains water, but a very dry
garden. No rain to speak of this month so far, and for most of July.
Despite the thread's title I dont see any evidence on the current radar
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/rain.shtml ) of heavy rain
moving towards SW England or W Wales. A few showers maybe.

I have a very brown lawn, we use washing up water (Ecover washing-up
liquid is ok, I'm told) to water the flower beds just to keep them
alive and the tubs of tomatoes/cucumbers etc have exhausted the rain
water and are now watered by hosepipe (no ban here). But, I dont know
what I would do without mains water. As it is, a few of my tomato
plants dried out on days where the max was 34C, and the result is
blossom end rot on the tomatoes.


I agree - it really seems the rain was overplayed apart from the extreme
tip of Cornwall - here in S. Wales I doubt that we will even see a
shower for the time being.

Cheers
James
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James Brown