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A Potato Blunder!

Post author:mgarrett542
Post published:June 29, 2020
Post category:Hot weather / Potatoes / Weather

It’s been a variable week with some very hot days in the middle of the week before ending the week with some cool, showery and windy conditions. In the middle…

Hottest Day This Year – Back to Green

Post author:mgarrett542
Post published:June 25, 2020
Post category:Hot weather / Weather

Wednesday took over as the hottest day of the year when the temperature made it to 29.9°C (85.8°F) late into the afternoon. It became the 16th hottest day I've recorded.…

Scorcher Incoming

Post author:mgarrett542
Post published:June 23, 2020
Post category:Allotment / Video / Weather

The next few days are set to be hot with the afternoon temperatures expected to get towards the 30°C (86.0°F) mark. Our highest temperature of the year so far is…

No Watering Required for Now!

Post author:mgarrett542
Post published:June 21, 2020
Post category:Fruit / Weather

For a few days last week, the forecast was for thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening with associated heavy showers. However, apart from one very short sharp shower on…

Martyn & Susan Garrett

Sometime in the 1980’s we looked into taking on an allotment. We already had a vegetable patch in our garden but we wanted to grow more of everything - vegetables and flowers - and just didn’t have the space. At that time it was fairly easy to obtain an allotment quickly and we took on a plot on Green Lane as this was the nearest site to us with vacant plots. We set to work on the plot under the watchful eye of existing allotmenteers who were no doubt taking bets on how long we would last. The plot had been ploughed by the council which was a mixed blessing.


	Temperature °C		Temperature °F
	High	Low	High	Low
Jan	13.8	-0.6	56.8	30.9
Feb	12.9	-1.8	55.2	28.8
Mar	19.5	-2.6	67.1	27.3
Apr	22.7	-1.3	72.9	29.7
May	29.3	-0.4	84.7	31.3	84.74	31.28
Jun	29.9	4.6	85.8	40.3	85.82	40.28
Jul	34.2	8.7	93.6	47.7	93.56	47.66
Aug	31.2	3.9	88.2	39.0	88.16	39.02
Sep	27.7	2.5	81.9	36.5	81.86	36.5
Oct	17.9	2.2	64.2	36.0	64.22	35.96
Nov	17.4	-2.1	63.3	28.2	63.32	28.22
Dec	13.3	-1.9	55.9	28.6	55.94	28.5800


	Rainfall
	mm	inches
Jan	33.6	1.3339
Feb	168.2	6.6775
Mar	30.0	1.191
Apr	8.0	0.3176
May	5.8	0.2303	0.2303
Jun	68.2	2.7075	2.7075
Jul	61.6	2.4	2.4455
Aug	65.8	2.4	2.6123
Sep	26.4	1.0	1.0481
Oct	76.2	3.0	3.0251
Nov	29.4	1.2	1.1672
Dec	82.4	3.3	3.2713