At last, after an almost dry April (yes, April) meaningful rain is on the way. The garden, including quite a bit of new planting had become absolutely parched, necessitating a lot of tedious watering.
Thank you Uncle Sam.
Talking of Uncle Sam, son in law emeritus Alan in Pittsburgh e-mailed on the subject of bats after the last Blog posting. He was enjoying a twilight sit on the (flat) roof of his palace in Pittsburgh and was watching the bats doing their thing. There are bats aplenty living in a disused chimney of the building.
Out of the blue (or black) there came a flash of lightning whereupon all the bats swooped down on their chimney and took refuge. Amazing flying skills he reports.
Job for today - dip* the rainwater harvesting tank and take a reading, then repeat after the deluge.
* Kingspan Envireau's overcomplicated, expensive and useless ultrasonic depth sensor has been replaced with a low tech stick
ADDIT: I did dip the tank. Before the storm it was just above half full - that was following an almost rainless April. After the storm it was full and overflowing into the drainage system. This provides reassurance that, with the addition of the rain catchment area of the T2 roof, we should have harvested rainwater aplenty for evermore.
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