Drizzly
We only managed a couple of visits to the allotment last week. We had a couple of appointments and the drizzly rain was enough to make gardening a less attractive…
Meadow at Nostell Priory 21 July 2022
Not in my backyard
I saw that the BBC and the Met Office were saying that this year was the driest start to any year since 1976. My immediate thought was that’s not been…
What a week!
Last week was certainly different. High temperatures were forecasted for the beginning of the week, so we decided to make morning visits to the allotment in order to make sure…
How did our allotment fare in the red alert heatwave
I thought I’d do a bit of a blog about our hottest ever weather. After a very hot Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday the temperature on Wednesday returned to normal. The…
Still dry, dry dry
We are still waiting for the elusive rain to turn up. We keep being promised thunderstorms but they magically disappear from the forecasts before they are due to arrive. The…
Hottest day of the year
Monday became the hottest day of the year with the temperature reaching 31.4°C or 88.5°F. It moves into ninth equal place in my list of top twenty hottest days since…
Rain required not a heatwave
It’s a few weeks since I last wrote a blog post, but one thing that hasn’t changed is that we are still waiting for some proper rain. June turned out…
Battling on
The pantomime in London that dominated our news channels last week didn't depict the only battle that was going on. We are still battling to keep our crops going on…
Tasty berries
It's been a very frustrating week weather-wise. We have had a little rain but only enough to dampen the top few millimetres of soil. Short showers tend to dry up…