{"id":8130,"date":"2022-09-05T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T08:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=8130"},"modified":"2022-09-06T08:58:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T07:58:34","slug":"a-very-dry-summer-as-we-still-wait-for-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/martyn\/a-very-dry-summer-as-we-still-wait-for-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"A very dry summer as we still wait for rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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After a very dry summer, we have now moved into Meteorological autumn and we are still awaiting some proper rain. We haven’t had a good wet day since February. At home, two photos taken from the same spot show the difference between watering and not watering.<\/p>

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Standing on the patio these tubs have been regularly watered all through summer and, at the beginning of September, they are still very colourful. However, behind them above the wall, the garden hasn’t been watered all summer the result is all too obvious.<\/p>

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It has been a very good summer weather-wise if we ignore the lack of rainfall which has made gardening a little bit tricky. I can’t remember any days where we’ve had to change our plans for the day due to any rain. We have visited the allotment a few times in the morning to avoid the afternoon heat and some of Ruby’s walks have been in the morning or evening through some parts of July and August.<\/p>

So just how have the summer temperatures and rainfall stacked up when compared with summers since 2010?<\/p>

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This summer has finished equal hottest with the summer of 2018 and also the driest since 2010.\u00a0<\/p>

August itself finished as the hottest and driest August I’ve recorded.<\/p>

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We’ve done surprisingly well with harvests at the allotment considering the weather. Crops that appreciate the warm weather like tomatoes have ripened really well and despite not being watered all through summer we’ve managed a good crop of potatoes. The losers have been runner beans which have failed to crop as, although they’ve produced flowers, they refused to set any beans. It means a lot of effort that went into watering them was wasted. It’s just as well that our French beans didn’t suffer from the same problem and produced an excellent crop with enough beans to fill the freezer for winter vegetables.<\/p>

Our attention at the allotment is now turning to clearing and digging over beds ready for winter. The first priority was to find a bed that could be dug over and planted with winter onions.\u00a0<\/p>

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Luckily we harvested a bed of sweetcorn this week and as a result of this bed being watered all through summer the soil dug over reasonably well, although it was very dry. Anyway, it is now ready for planting with winter onions and garlic once the sets arrive in the garden centres.<\/p>

The weather forecasts tantalising suggest we’ll get some rain in a few days time. However, as time moves on the suggestion always seems to be in a few days time and the forecast rain never arrives. It has been like that for months now. They are bound to be correct at some time and I’m hoping that in the next few days we’ll get enough rain to allow both onion planting and beds cleared of crops to be dug over.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a very dry summer, we have now moved into Meteorological autumn and we are still awaiting some proper rain. We haven’t had a good wet day since February. At home, two photos taken from the same spot show the difference between watering and not watering. Standing on the patio these tubs have been regularly 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