Now a battering from Floris (and a milestone)
What a year!It started off with beds too wet to dig. There was a very short window when the soil was workable. Then the window slammed shut, and it became…
Back to watering
The reprieve was short-lived. Just a week's break from the tedium of watering. There has been no progress concerning our abysmal water supply. We spend at least four times as…
A watering free week
After the previous week's rain, we had a treat - a whole week of no watering, except for the greenhouses.The grass is already looking greener, but no doubt we will…
At last!
On Saturday, we actually enjoyed - yes, I mean enjoyed - some 'proper' rain. Prolonged showers fell for most of the day some of which were heavy. The hosepipe ban…
The drought continues
I wrote at the end of my last post that on Sunday night, we had some rain, making it our wettest day since the middle of March. In total, we…
I need a new rain dance
My rain dance either wasn't strong enough or my execution wasn't good enough.We had a couple of false starts, but nothing that amounted to much, just light showers that temporarily…
Green and pleasant land?
I'm going to change my name to Aquarius.It's been yet another week during which most of my time at the allotment has been spent attached to the watering can. About…
The heat is turned up
We still haven't had any significant rain. We have had some very light drizzle that dried before it hit the ground and some that dampened the ground for a few…
If it wasn’t bad enough
Still no rain. It's as though someone has switched off our water supply. Widespread thunderstorms were forecast, but none made it our way. Empty beds that were waiting to be…
Then there were five
It's been a showery week, but again there hasn't been sufficient water deposited to penetrate the ground. The few millimetres of wetness dried up quickly when the sun came out…