I can confidently forecast the complete lack of rain over the next few
weeks. Oh, how so, you ask. Well, I went to the garden centre this
afternoon, and came back with a new water butt, to replace the one that
split in the freezing weather of December. I also bought two new concrete
pots and four new miniature fir trees, to replace the 5 I lost due to the
cold winter and dry spring. Those trees are going to need watering on a
regular basis, so the water in the water butt will hopefully do that job.
Unfortunately, for water to reach the butt, water needs to run off the four
roofs that serve the downpipe on the back of my house. For water to run off
the roof, short of running a hose from the water mains up there, rain is
needed. So I think I am pretty confident that no rain is going to occur, and
those new fir trees are going to suffer like the last ones. Otherwise I'm
going to have to water them using a watering can filled from the tap under
the sink. So one way or the other my metered water bill is going to go
through the roof that isn't getting any water from the rain that isn't
falling. A lose-lose situation if there ever was one.

Dave, can you wash your car every day please, and sod the Test Matches?

jim, Northampton

On Sat, 28 May 2011 at 23:43:59, jbm wrote in
uk.sci.weather :

I can confidently forecast the complete lack of rain over the next few
weeks. Oh, how so, you ask. Well, I went to the garden centre this
afternoon, and came back with a new water butt, to replace the one that
split in the freezing weather of December. I also bought two new
concrete pots and four new miniature fir trees, to replace the 5 I lost
due to the cold winter and dry spring. Those trees are going to need
watering on a regular basis, so the water in the water butt will
hopefully do that job. Unfortunately, for water to reach the butt,
water needs to run off the four roofs that serve the downpipe on the
back of my house. For water to run off the roof, short of running a
hose from the water mains up there, rain is needed.

I find putting washing on the clothes line often does the trick...
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

jbm wrote:
I can confidently forecast the complete lack of rain over the next few
weeks. Oh, how so, you ask. Well, I went to the garden centre this
afternoon, and came back with a new water butt, to replace the one that
split in the freezing weather of December. I also bought two new
concrete pots and four new miniature fir trees, to replace the 5 I lost
due to the cold winter and dry spring. Those trees are going to need
watering on a regular basis, so the water in the water butt will
hopefully do that job. Unfortunately, for water to reach the butt, water
needs to run off the four roofs that serve the downpipe on the back of
my house. For water to run off the roof, short of running a hose from
the water mains up there, rain is needed. So I think I am pretty
confident that no rain is going to occur, and those new fir trees are
going to suffer like the last ones. Otherwise I'm going to have to water
them using a watering can filled from the tap under the sink. So one way
or the other my metered water bill is going to go through the roof that
isn't getting any water from the rain that isn't falling. A lose-lose
situation if there ever was one.

Dave, can you wash your car every day please, and sod the Test Matches?

jim, Northampton

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Could get filled Monday afternoon. At least we are in the same boat Jim,
albeit gone aground :-( . It might have to last you the rest of June though.
My friend in North Norfolk has had 6mm this month and 108mm this year!
Dave

You can try moving up ere !

117mm so far this month over 200% of average !

Paul C
Brampton NE Cumbria
www.bramptonweather.co.uk

On May 29, 10:24*am, Paul Crabtree wrote:
You can try moving up ere !

117mm so far this month over 200% of average !

Paul C
Brampton NE Cumbriawww.bramptonweather.co.uk

Hi, Paul,
I can vouch for that!
Rain gauge (very unofficial) at my place in Cumbria is overworked to
say the least.
Just 53mm over here in the rain shadow, norm is 60mm.
Ken
Copley, Teesdale

On 28/05/11 23:43, jbm wrote:
I can confidently forecast the complete lack of rain over the next few
weeks. Oh, how so, you ask. Well, I went to the garden centre this
afternoon, and came back with a new water butt, to replace the one that
split in the freezing weather of December. I also bought two new
concrete pots and four new miniature fir trees, to replace the 5 I lost
due to the cold winter and dry spring. Those trees are going to need
watering on a regular basis, so the water in the water butt will
hopefully do that job. Unfortunately, for water to reach the butt, water
needs to run off the four roofs that serve the downpipe on the back of
my house. For water to run off the roof, short of running a hose from
the water mains up there, rain is needed. So I think I am pretty
confident that no rain is going to occur, and those new fir trees are
going to suffer like the last ones. Otherwise I'm going to have to water
them using a watering can filled from the tap under the sink. So one way
or the other my metered water bill is going to go through the roof that
isn't getting any water from the rain that isn't falling. A lose-lose
situation if there ever was one.

Dave, can you wash your car every day please, and sod the Test Matches?

jim, Northampton


When you have a shower, put a plug in the plug hole and afterwards get a
bucket and move the waste water from the shower into your water butt.

I doubt that watering your fir trees will have a huge impact on your
bill if you use a watering can. Looking at my last water bill I am
getting charged about 95p/m^3. 1 m^3 of water is equal to 1000 litres,
which is equivalent to about 100 large watering cans or about 200 small
watering cans (going by the watering cans I have at least). If you water
three times a week with, say, 10 litres per concrete pot (i.e. one large
watering can) then that is roughly 70 litres per week. At that rate it
would take you about 14 weeks or three months to use a cubic meter of
water which would translate into approximately an extra pound every
three months on your bill. This of course assumes that no rain falls in
that three month period which would reduce the need for you to water the
pots.

On May 29, 5:00*pm, Adam Lea wrote:
On 28/05/11 23:43, jbm wrote:





I can confidently forecast the complete lack of rain over the next few
weeks. Oh, how so, you ask. Well, I went to the garden centre this
afternoon, and came back with a new water butt, to replace the one that
split in the freezing weather of December. I also bought two new
concrete pots and four new miniature fir trees, to replace the 5 I lost
due to the cold winter and dry spring. Those trees are going to need
watering on a regular basis, so the water in the water butt will
hopefully do that job. Unfortunately, for water to reach the butt, water
needs to run off the four roofs that serve the downpipe on the back of
my house. For water to run off the roof, short of running a hose from
the water mains up there, rain is needed. So I think I am pretty
confident that no rain is going to occur, and those new fir trees are
going to suffer like the last ones. Otherwise I'm going to have to water
them using a watering can filled from the tap under the sink. So one way
or the other my metered water bill is going to go through the roof that
isn't getting any water from the rain that isn't falling. A lose-lose
situation if there ever was one.

Dave, can you wash your car every day please, and sod the Test Matches?

jim, Northampton

When you have a shower, put a plug in the plug hole and afterwards get a
bucket and move the waste water from the shower into your water butt.

I doubt that watering your fir trees will have a huge impact on your
bill if you use a watering can. Looking at my last water bill I am
getting charged about 95p/m^3. 1 m^3 of water is equal to 1000 litres,
which is equivalent to about 100 large watering cans or about 200 small
watering cans (going by the watering cans I have at least). If you water
three times a week with, say, 10 litres per concrete pot (i.e. one large
watering can) then that is roughly 70 litres per week. At that rate it
would take you about 14 weeks or three months to use a cubic meter of
water which would translate into approximately an extra pound every
three months on your bill. This of course assumes that no rain falls in
that three month period which would reduce the need for you to water the
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It's a very good idea. We takeep a bucket in the shower and then tip
the water collected (1 shower = about 1 full bucket = about 8 litres),
onto the conservatory roof, the downpipe from which feeds the water
butt. It's very effective. Another tip is to keep a large jug, or
container in the sink, under the tap. Whenever you rinse anything, or
wash your hands collect the water in the container. You'll be
surprised how many times a day it fills and you can put the water
straight onto the plants. Don't tip it into the butts, as it can
contain some grease and the small amounts of food waste will rot - the
plants you water will like both the grease and the food waste though
and they never seem to mind soapy water.