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…

 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…

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…

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…

We had some wetness last week, but I wouldn't say it actually rained. We had very short-lived showers that wet the pavements, but unlike where my sister lives - 10…

Another week has passed without significant rainfall for us. Rain keeps appearing in forecasts, but as the allotted day draws nearer, rain disappears from the radar. We had some dampening…

We haven't had any measurable rain for almost two months now, and some areas look like deserts. Below is one of the places where we regularly walk with Ruby. The…

In my previous post, I wrote that our early potatoes had pushed through and that we were hoping that there wouldn't be a frost. We were unlucky, as Jack Frost…