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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 14:33 - Jul 17 by DeepcutHoop
Wasps are awesome.
Brilliant pollinators, which given that bee numbers appear to be falling, is clearly very important.
When they are nesting, they are also brilliant pest controllers, they nab caterpillars to feed to their larva.
They are one of the invertebrates that the media and therefore the public have deemed a threat.
Basically not an issue unless you piss them off. So no problem at all.
And they'll clear up fallen fruit once they've fiinished nesting and are generally all about the sweet stuff.
i've always viewed wasps as akin to 80's football fans. No problem at all in the summer, but come autumn when the football starts and the windfall fruit is nicely fermenting, well, they have a bit too much and they're right up for it!
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 19:44 - Jul 17 with 2374 views
Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 12:35 - Jul 18 by CaptainPugwash
Arrrrrrr.. We be best in the company of fools and larceners! Water running low, soon forced to lick the sweat off passing dugongs!
Middle of winter here, but still managed to crack out 18.5° C today. Bastard of a drought though, wheat crops look shithouse and farmers are buying hay for cattle feed, trucked sometimes thousands of kms.
Still no rain in the forecast here in west London apart from possibly a shower on Saturday morning. We didn't even get much the other night when some parts of western London got flooded. The grass has gone from green to brown to yellow. Does it reach a point where it dies for good. Grass must be resilient, most plants would be long dead by now. Fortunately, I'm out of London going oop norf for a few weeks where it's more comfortable temperature-wise.
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 16:04 - Jul 18 with 2119 views
According to BBC weather, there is an 11% chance of rain on Sunday 29th around 12.00 lunchtime. Stop it now, it's enough. Lovely in Greece/Portugal etc.
Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 16:17 - Jul 18 with 2101 views
I suppose on the upside, the hot weather coupled with the World Cup must have done wonders for the pub trade. I read in the paper the other day that pub closures have evened out and new openings have increased. After many depressing years of seeing pubs close right, left and centre that's quite a tonic. Certainly where I lived we haven't had a pub close down for quite a few years now.
Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 14:56 - Jul 18 by colinallcars
Still no rain in the forecast here in west London apart from possibly a shower on Saturday morning. We didn't even get much the other night when some parts of western London got flooded. The grass has gone from green to brown to yellow. Does it reach a point where it dies for good. Grass must be resilient, most plants would be long dead by now. Fortunately, I'm out of London going oop norf for a few weeks where it's more comfortable temperature-wise.
I believe that grass recovers from lack of rain very well. I've heard it said that there is no need to water it, it will be fine when - or should that be, if - it rains.
I'm considering desperate measures over here in tinderbox Bracknell: I might leave home without a coat. That is sure to trigger rainfall of biblical proportions. Find yourself an ark builder quick.
RFA PS: BBC claiming that my weather will feature "thundery showers" today. Hmm, we'll see.
"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 10:17 - Jul 20 with 1864 views
Still not a drop here in Woking but don't worry, I've got it sorted. I've got the next week off work and am holidaying in the UK so if anything is guaranteed to make it rain that is
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 10:30 - Jul 20 with 1853 views
Possible thunderstorms forecast later today here in Hammersmith maybe lasting 'til morning. I'm setting off on hols to Scotland early tomorrow, so after weeks of praying for rain I could be driving in storms. Crazy !
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 16:04 - Jul 20 with 1733 views
Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 11:15 - Jul 20 by colinallcars
Possible thunderstorms forecast later today here in Hammersmith maybe lasting 'til morning. I'm setting off on hols to Scotland early tomorrow, so after weeks of praying for rain I could be driving in storms. Crazy !
Hot and sunny again after today, until at least Thursday, according to weather forecast, but that's down here - not checked Scotland!
They did The One Show from the Outer Hebrides yesterday - safe to say no sign of a drought there!
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 14:20 - Jul 22 with 1619 views
It finally rained here on Friday evening. I was over the moon. I was beginning to think it never would again. We didn't get much, mind...
RFA
"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."
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Anyone seen any rain yet ? on 19:26 - Jul 26 with 1427 views
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