Sunday 17 June 2012

An update for June 2012: Late frosts, down-pours and droughts!

Well, terrible terrible weather! May had a 2 week drought. The temperature was approaching 30 degrees on a few days and then the rain came, and came; it has been lashing down ever since. Luckily the ground is pretty free draining at the plot so you can get on quite soon after a down-pour and do some work. This sort of weather can make it very difficult if you work fulltime; if weekends are a blow out you can miss essential planting times. The temperatures also really dropped in late May and we had to hold back on planting most of the tender plants until recently. This has accumulated in a very slow start to the season. Saying this, both plots are just about planted up now. Here's to hoping the weather improves from now on.