26/7/26 - Breaking Records The Hot Way
Good morning lovely diary reader, and welcome to my latest instalment of my allotment dairies. It's been a few weeks since I last troubled the internet with my perceptions on allotment gardening, so I thought it was time for an update. In truth, there hasn't been much to update. It's barely rained for months and the time since it did last rain has seen records broken up and down the country. Highest temperature for June and July, longest stretch of days over 30 degrees and driest periods of time are records that have all fallen, to name but a few. What does that mean for the allotment? Well, let's take a look. Watering The first thing that springs to most peoples minds is watering. I can't lie, it's been a struggle. Every day, there is watering to do in one shape or form. At first, I was watering the whole plot every day, but after a couple of weeks, it was just becoming too impractical both from a time point of view, and the effort ...
