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 too dry to dig or even do any planting.
We had not one but two late frosts that killed off the newly emerging potato growth.
The dry spell morphed into a full-blown drought, which meant much of our time was spent lugging a watering can around the plot rather than doing more interesting things. The task was made harder by the fact that our water supply was at times a mere trickle.
A few hot days and windy weather did a good job of thwarting our efforts to keep plants well watered.
Then last week, storm Floris gave everything a battering,
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