Monday, June 12

A case of deja vu


We seem to be repeating last year. The allotment is now almost fully planted and the weather gods seem to have forgotten how to produce rain. Thunderstorms have been promised but seemingly not for us. What is worse, from a gardening perspective, is that we have lots of sunshine and the sort of temperatures that dry out the soil.

Once again this year we are hauling watering cans in an attempt to keep everything alive and growing. I've spent two afternoons just watering everything. I know that the afternoon isn't the ideal time to water but it's the only time when few other gardeners are on site and we have the water more or less to ourselves. Although we have a tap for every four or five plots, if more than one person is trying to fill cans, or even worse is using a hosepipe, pressure drops to a trickle and it can take ages just to fill one can with water. This would mean we would have no chance of watering everything.


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Copyright: Original post from Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments http://glallotments.blogspot.co.uk/ author S Garrett

Posted by Sue Garrett at 8:18 am

2 comments:

  1. Belinda RobinsonJune 17, 2023

    That top photo is stunning, I could dive right in after these hot nights we’re having!
    Good to see your strawberry harvests appearing - always a welcome sight at this time of year.
    We have a few drops of rain this morning but it looks like it’ll be another watering work-out later today!

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    1. Sue GarrettJune 19, 2023

      The rain last night means a break from watering at last

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