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Bonfire night brings precious white rain
Looks like wellies and waterproofs for bonfire night celebrations this weekend with the Met Office predicting heavy downpours. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/london_forecast_weather.html With all the fun of the fireworks it is easy to forget that rain could be one of our most precious commodities in the future.Population growth, climate change, drought conditions and the restriction of sufficiently large fresh [...]
Continue reading...House sales affected by rainwater?
17. September 2011
If you want to make your house more attractive to buyers in the current market then try this idea: INSTALL A RAIN-WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM According to a UK survey, sponsored by Save the Rain a significant proportion of homeowners (1 in 3) would be more likely to buy a house if a rainwater harvesting system [...]
Continue reading...ebay catches the rain
6. September 2011
Even ebay has woken up to the importance of rainwater harvesting: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=rainwater+harvesting
Continue reading...Rainwater is gold for gardeners
4. August 2011
The rain has arrvied in buckets loads today with most parts of the UK receiving heavy downpours consistent with the humid sunny weather of the past few days. Summer gardening in the UK is increasingly becoming a battleground.Long periods of drought makes the ground very hard which means that when the rain does finally arrive, this precious “gold” liquid often runs off [...]
Continue reading...Rain arrives in London
26. May 2011
When it rains heavily in London, the Victorian drains often overflow and rivers of rain simply rush away. The average Londoner uses nearly 160 litres of water a day – saving just 10 per cent of this total, through easy measures, would fill an incredible 48 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day. With rising population, climate [...]
Continue reading...Treehugger catches US rainwater story
18. February 2011
One of the best green blogs is produced by Treehugger which is the leading US media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. You can always find find an interesting story. Like this one about how California is trying to use all the water it has to cope with a growing population and water sources maxed [...]
Continue reading...Ryder rainfall good for gardens
3. October 2010
The Ryder Cup may be suffering in this wet and dreary weather but now is the time to think about the value of harvesting some of this rain. For gardeners rain is like liquid gold – never there when you need it! Rainwater harvesting in the UK has increased by approximately 300% in the last [...]
Continue reading...Rain arrives but not for Spain
13. July 2010
The rain finally arrived in the SE of England last night after almost a month of drought. As I sit writing this blog there is a sheet of very heavy rain refreshing all my plants and no doubt bringing sighs of relief from gardeners everywhere. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/7884027/Heatwave-at-an-end-as-rain-arrives.html Heavy rain is great for filling water butts – [...]
Continue reading...Rainwater harvesting – Indian style
25. May 2009
If climate change means more monsoon style rain then rainwater harvesting will need to become part of everyday life. This amazing video shot in India sums up the simplicity of rainwater harvesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWnhYIIKY0U We need to harvest rain for our gardens but in India the rain provides food needed to survive. Find more info and [...]
Continue reading...Sun then rain offers silver lining
27. April 2009
Yesterday, I visited a glorious garden near Lewes in East Sussex where the blossom on the trees looked simply stunning in the sunshine – it was truly magical as you can see from my photo above.This was the culmination of 10 days of truly spectacular weather with temperatures reaching 19c and literally no rain. Today, [...]
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