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…

At times last week, you could be forgiven if you thought summer had arrived early.At the beginning of the week we had summery temperatures. The media as usual, were dramatising…

This year has been a very good year for blossom. Our plums and greengages didn't have lots of flowers, but considering last year they had virtually no blossom at all,…

Last week was another dry week. One evening we had some precipitation (I wouldn't really call it rain), which wetted the surface of the ground but didn't penetrate to where…

Last week, during daylight hours, you could almost believe that it was summer. The clear blue skies came with a downside: as the sun set, the temperature plummeted. Sudden extreme…